The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, EVENING, MAY 24, 1862.

and compelled to retain their position to the end of
the fight. During the engagement the wind mo-
derated, and as the troops were returning the sun
broke through the clouds and enlivened the scene,
Two of the Japanese attendants were busily em-
ployed sketching the proceedings.

- The ambassadors were then conducted to the
mess-room of the 9th Lancers, where luncheon was
prepared, to which upwards of 70 sat down, among
whom were Lieut.-General Sir J. L. Pennefather,
K.C.8., commanding the division; Major-General
Lord G. Paget, C. 8., Lieut,Col. W. Drysdale,
commanding 9th Lancers, Major-Gen. B. Taylor,
Brigadier-General W. G. Brown, Brigadier-General
F. P. Haines, Colonel G. Gambier, C. 8., Colonel
J. L. A. Simmonds, C. 8., Captain Boyle, aide-
de camp, Major Paget Bayly, Colonel J. W.
Armstrong, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Sir H. M.
Havelock, Bart., Lieut.-Col. the Hon. H. H. Ciif-
ford, Capt. A. P. Garlies, Capt. R. T. Godman
Lieut.-Col, T, G. A. Oakes, Col. C. Dickson, Major
M'Lean, Capt. C. P. Pemberton, Lieut.-Col. Far-
rington, Lieut. H. B, Savory, aide-de-camp, Lieut.-
Col. English, CM., Lieut. W. Arbuthnot, aide-de-
camp, Lieut.-Col. T. Lightfoot, C. 8., two French
general officers, and the officers of the regiment.
The two principal ambassadors sat on the i ight and
left of Col. Drysdale, Gen. Pennefather being seated
on the other side of one, and Lord G. Paget by
the side of the other. The Japanese ate plentifully,
especially of shell-fish, hut they appear to have given
up drinking warm water with their food, and have
become so far civilised as to drink iced champagne
out of tumblers, and instead of eating raw fish they
appeared well satisfied with turtle and salmon.
After each dish they carefully sucked their fingers,
and concluded by wiping them with a napkin. In-
stead of using a handkerchief for their noses they
made use of small pieces of paper, which were then
carefully deposited in their breast pockets. Before
leaving they desired Mr. Macdonald to tender their
thanks to the colonel and officers of the regiment
for their kind hospitality, and to express to them
how much they had appreciated the sepnp they
had witnessed during the day. It transpired that
they had been very much struck with the rapid
movement of the guns when they were galloped
past, and with the rapidity of the firing. After
leaving the barracks they returned to town by the
4 40 train.

The 9th Lancers is the only regiment which pos-
sesses clasps for Delhi, the relief of Lucknow, and
the capture of Lucknow, and its colonel wears no
less`than six medals.

SHIP WRECKED FISHERMEN AND 31.4.
.RINERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

The twenty-third annual meeting of this most
excellent institution, established under the autho-
rity of the Legislature to represent the charity of
the British public to shipwrecked sailors of all
nations cast upon the coast of the United Kingdom,
was held at Willis's Rooms, his Grace the Duke
of Marlborough, President of the Society, in the
chair.

The noble PRESIDENT with great clearness put
before the meeting the objects of the society, and
in a most excellent speech introduced the secretary,
Mr. Lean, who read the report of the committee,
wherein it was stated that, during the past year,
the society had relieved 7,647 shipwrecked persons,
natives and foreigners, and 3,774 widows and
orphans of fishermen and mariners, making a total
of 11,421; and 48,516 mariners voluntarily sub-
scribed 3s. each per annum, that the income had
been £18,012, including £715 3s. 6d. legacies, an

increase over 1860 of £4,022, in connexion with
which certain large donors were mentioned, viz.—
The City of London, £200; A. W. Jaffrey, Esq.,
£25 ; Major-General Lawrence, £25 ; Committee
of Lloyd's, £25 ; Marine Insurance Company, 50
guineas ; Goldsmiths' Company, £5O ; the Earl
of Derby, £4O; Messrs. Barclay and Co., £25 ;
Lord Sherborne, £25; A. S, Hobson, Esq., 50
guineas ; and Mrs. Rolleston, £l,OOO, in fulfilment
of her deceased husband's intention to bequeath that
sum to the society. An interesting extract of a
letter received from an American seaman, now
serving in the United States Navy, was read, re-
turning thanks for the succour given him by the
secretary in helping him to reach his home after
shipwreck, and promising to send a donation so
soon as his funds allowed him. In fulfilment of
one of its objects, the encouraging gallant efforts to
save life on the high seas and coast of our colonies,
the committee bad awarded during the past year
nine medals for saving the lives of 119 shipwrecked
persons. The tables for a pension fund for worn-
out merchant seamen are to be published in a few
weeks, the name of which is to bo " The Mariner's
National Pension Fund," an annuity fund for
mariners' widows will accompaLy it. It appears
the plan is to call on the benevolent public to aid
these funds, and also in establishing a hospital or
asylum, for poor old sailors who have no relative
ties, and whose pension is not sufficient under the
care of hirelings. The report concluded with an
earnest appeal to the nobility, gentry and public at
large, for help to carry out the great objects of the
society, and expressed much confidence that they
were calculated to bind our seamen to their coun-
try, of which they are its outer and principal wall
of defence.

The report was unanimously adopted, and the
claims of the institution having been very
eloquently advocated by Vice-AdMiral the Earl of
Shrewsbury and Talbot, C. 8., Captain the Hon.
Francis Maude, R.N., Montague Gore, Esq., Rear-
Admiral the Hon. Joseph Denman, Rev. R. Baynes,
George A. Brograve, Esq , of Bath, V.P., Sir
Edward Parrott, Captain Sullivan, R.N., C. 8., and
Vice-Admiral B. C. Cator, the meeting terminated
by a unanimous vote of thanks to his Grace, the
Chairman, in acknowledgment of . the courteous
manner in which he had conducted the business of
the day. •

gates, but had not, owing to similar parochial oppo-
sition, proceeded with it..
Sir G. GREY inquired what were the specific steps
which the deputation wished her Majesty's Gove,:n-
meat to adopt.
Mr. J. E. BRADFIELD replied that they desired
to have all the gates within the metropolitan
boroughs, and for half a mile beyond their limit,
abolished, as stated in their memorial, and specified
the gates which such a measure would do away
with: They were Kensington, Notting-hill, High-
street, Camden•town, Chalk Farm, Kentish-town,
King's-cross, Islington, Kingsl4nd, Cambridge-
heath, and City-road.

Sir G. GREY said he had had an incidental con-
versation with Sir Wm. Jolliffe, one of the commis-
sioners, on the subjerit, and understood from him,
but not officially, that they were now about to
move in the matter. He should, however, seek
another interview with that gentleman, and ascer-
tain the precise steps they contemplated.
Mr. J. E. BRADFIELD had heard from private
sources that the commissioners had prepared a bill,
but unless her Majesty's Government spurred them
o❑ 12 years might elapse before they got it
enacted.

Sir G. GREY—You would of course be better
pleased if it were done in six months.
The deputation, having thanked the right hon.
gentleman for his courtesy, then withdrew.

THE INTEBNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

The aspect of the interior yesterday went far to
encourage the belief that the fashionable world,
considerate of the convenience of the half-holiday
millions of the great metropolis, mean for the
future to make Friday their great gathering day.
The nave and principal courts were crowded with
beauty and fashion ; indeed the former was almost
impassable, not, as of old, from trophies, but from
the number of promenaders. It is certainly won-
derful to observe what a very few days of energetic
action, directed by proper taste and judgment, have
done in transforming this main artery of the build-
ing from a chaotic curiosity shop into a noble pro-
menade, open from end to end, and ornamented at
the sides with rare trees or noble sculpture. For-
merly a progress through the nave was something
like a steam voyage from London to Greenwich.
First, we bad to face the " Pool," with its coal ships,
ballast barges, ferry boats, and all other imaginable
obstructions. This was worthily :represented by
the English end until Mr. Cole took it in hand.
Then we came to Limehouse Reach—clear, open,
and cheerful. This was the French portion, which
the exhibitors took into their own hands, and ar-
ranged with their traditional taste. Now, from the
moment we descend the steps of the eastern plat-
form we are in open water, and can make a plea-
sant and prosperous voyage to the opposite end of
the building. Salvini's beautiful statue, " The
Daughter of Zion," is now placed where it can be
seen, and hundreds stop to admire it. The Bradford
Trophy is, in a better position, rather an addition
than a defect ; and the magnificent bronzes of El-
kington are an unceasing source of attraction, as
well as their service of silver plate for the Due de
Brabant, which is to be seen close at hand. Some
of the offending trophies still remain, and one of the
most conspicuous is most harshly criticised by the
visitors, not only for its bulk and intrinsic ugliness,
but because its proprietor evades one of the most
stringent rules of the Exhibition by affixing the
price "in plain figures" to each article. This
" trophy," as it is called, is in fact a shop, and as
such looks very much out of place in its present
position.
The departments most thronged continue to be
the jewel courts and the Italian department; in
the former the constables placed to protect the
Koh-i-noor have a hard struggle between their duty
and their gallantry, in keeping the ladies at any

thing like a reasonable distance; and at Mr. Han-
cock's case we thought that at one portion of the
day the Riot Act would have had to be read, so
great was the excitement caused by the debut of a
n ovelty in necklaces, in which diamonds were set
upon amethysts, and both consisted of gems of ex-

traordinary beauty. We noticed also a rather
crowded levee gathered round the tasteful and well_
arranged case of Mappin Brothers, which stands
between the depository of the Koh-i-noor and that
of the Devonshire gems, and is well worthy of such
distinguished company. From the jewels the com-
pany seem naturally to drop into the Italian Court,
in which the superiority of the famed home of art
is perhaps more triumphantly manifested than at
any former time in the present century. The sculp-
ture gallery is frequently at a dead lock ; but yes-
terday much of the interest was transferred to the
neighbouring court, where the marvellous " Lege-
trice" of Magni has just been uncovered. To criti-
cise this statue would be to "paint the rose."
People stop as they pass it, as if under a spell; they
see the whole story in a moment, and could almost
weep in sympathy with the innocent girl, who is
so moved with the perusal of the open book before
her. The marble is positively alive, and seems in •
stinct with living emotion. The spectators yester-
day, when they had taken one glance, ran to bring
their friends to share their enjoyment, and those
who had before seen the statue in Florence pro-
posed to get up a memorial to the Commissioners
on the spot to remove it to a more public and fitting
locality.

Wehave to correct an error into which we fell
in writing the last notice of the Exhibition, respect-
ing the number of tickets purchased by the Bank
of England directors for this establishment. We
should have stated £l5O worth instead of 150 tickets,
and we are happy to add that the directors sent
down for the same quantity yesterday, intimating
that they should want a still further supply. An
order for tickets was also received from the Charter
House. A still more formidable proposal came up
in the course of the day from the Ancient Order of
Foresters at Birmingham, who wrote to know whe-
ther there would be any abatement in the price on
an order for 50,000 tickets. We believe that a dis-
count of 21 per cent. was offered, but the Foresters
arc of opinion that they should have the same
allowance as the trade. So far as the half-crown

tickets are concerned, the demand has already been
so great that the supply on hand is exhausted, and
intending purchasers will have to wait for a further
supply until to-day. It may be a convenience to
intending visitors to be informed that Herr Pauer's
pianoforte performance will take place between
2 and 4 o'clock to-day on the western platform.
The number of visitors admitted yesterday was
as follows :—Season tickets, 5,985 ; on payment of
2s. 6d.., 12,120; total, 18,105. Among them were
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, D uke and Duchess
of Manchester, Lord Ranelagh. the Earl of Essex,
Lady Heathcote, Lady Dillon, and the Hon. Mrs.
Villiers.

STRANGE ATTACK IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.-
A strange occurrence took place in the train which left
Paris for Rouen the evening before last. A young trades-
man residing at Caen entered a carriage at Mantes, a young
man, and a young woman, were already seated, and, after
a few words exchanged with: his :fellow travellers, fell
asleep. He was shortly awakened by a sharp pain in the
the neck, from a stab given him by the man of 45, who had
his arm raised to strike a second time. The young trades-
man, with the assistance of the other man and the young
woman, secured the man and attempted to alarm the guard,
but their efforts were for a long time fruitless. The un-
pleasant situation lasted for a considerable time, the
wounded man becoming gradually weaker from loss of
blood, and the young man and the girl fearing to be left
alone with the assailant. At length the train stopped, and
assistance was obtained. The man turned out to be a na-
tive of the Grisons, in Switzerland, under whose care the
young woman, also, a native of Switzerland, was on their
way to New York, to be married to a Swiss settled there.
The two young
mon having entered into conversation with
his charge, who is of remarkable beauty, excited in him
such an ungovertmble fit of anger tnat in a moment of
temporary insanity he seized a penknife which the young
tradesman had left on the seat after paring his nails, and
made the attack. Happily the wound inflicted is not of a
serious nature.—Ga/ignani.

RAILWAY PROGRESS IN TIIE EAST.—The require-
ments of the Board of Trade having been complied with, a
further portion of the Colney Valley Railway will be
opened for traffic between Castle Hedingham and Yeldham
on Monday. The company will then have 13 miles of line
in operation. The Rumsey Railway is about to be at once
proceeded with. Sir Charles Fox is engineer, and Mr.
Simpson has contracted for the works, which arc of a light
and easy c:

im.!tcter.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, May 23.
(Before the Assistant-Judge.)
Eliza Constable, aged about 30, was indicted for
steaiii-ig a rosewood work-box, a £5 note, some gold
and silver money, &c., the property of Edmund
Constable.

She pleaded guilty.
Mr. Poland appeared for the prisoner.
This was a distressing family case, the prisoner
being the wife of the prosecutor's brother, and it
appeared that she committed this theft while on an
afternoon visit to tea. The parties lived at High-
gate. The possession of the £5 note was traced to
the prisoner, who changed it at a linendraper's, and
portions of the missing articles were found in a
dust bin where she lived.
The Court sentenced her to three months' hard
labour.
Frederick James and Rose James were indicted
for keeping a disorderly house.
The male prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sen-
tenced to 12 months' hard labour, and to pay a fine
of £lOO.

No evidence was offered against the woman, and
she was acquitted.
This was a most atrocious ease, the prisoners
having lived upon trafficking in the procuration of
girls of 11 years of Rge. After the 12 months have
expired the prisoner will have to remain in prison
till the fine is paid. The house was in St. Martin's-
street.

Mr. Le Breton prosecuted, Mr. Sleigh defended.
George Goodman and Ann Eyre were indicted
for a like offence.

Mr. Le Breton prosecuted, Mr. Best appeared for
the defendants.

This house was in Queen-street, St. Martin's.
They pleaded guilty. The male defendant was
sentenced to six months' hard labour, and the
female was discharged on her own recognizance to
appear for judgment when called upon.
James Ellacot was convicted upon his own con-
fession of keeping a brothel in Dean-street, Soho.
The court sentenced him to four months' hard
labour, and to pay a fine of £lOO.
Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted, Mr. Sleigh appeared for
the defendant.
Another case, of a similar description, in which
William Henry Tennant, a clerk, and his wife, were
defendants, stood over for judgment.