The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-08 00:00:00

Death of a Noted Wrestler.

A few days ago there died in one of the work-
houses in Manchester a daring character, named
Isaac Robinson, said to be a native of Shap. At one
time he acted as guide to the summits of Helvellyn,
Skiddaw, and other mountains, often to crags, fast-
nesses, and gulleys which had never before been pene-
trated by man. On more than one occasion he was
hired to proceed at midnight in search of excursionists
who had been lost in the mist, and he rarely re-
turned without bringing safely home those who
were about to perish through cold and hunger. A
few years later he was noted all over Cumberland
and Westmorland as one of the first wrestlers of the
day. During a portion of this time, too, he acted as
under gamekeeper, and, along with others, was en-
gaged in a terrible affray with poachers on the pre-
serves of the Earl of Lonsdale, near Lowther Castle.
In this encounter he seized two poachers and held
them, and the same moment two guns were fired at
him by others of the gang. The poachers were sub-
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of gipsies who had held
possession of some moorland there for more than 20
years, and which they accomplished in the face of
terrible dangers. But the act for which his name
will ever remain a household word in many parts of
the north was that of rescuing a young lady from
drowning. One Christmas a party of ladies and
gentlemen were on a visit to -- Castle, and, as
there had been two or three days' frost, they resolved
to skate on a lake in the park. Near to some trees
on the margin of the lake the only daughter of the
proprietor fell, breaking the ice with her fall, and
she sank. The catastrophe paralysed every one pre-
sent, but the screams and shouts for assistance brought
several labourers to the spot. No one, however,
ventured to enter the water or tried to. save the
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the young lady reached the surface, dashed into the
the screams,tthis
water, seized the girl by the hair, and dragged
:her
to the side ; and, taking off his keeper's coat, he
wrapped her in it and bore her to the hall.
.Before
he entered the carriage drive the news of the disaster
had reached the family, who were all coming. down
to the lake in the utmost consternation. Seeing his
master, the late Mr. Cawthorne, then M.P. for Lan-
caster, whose messenger he was, he imagined it was
some relative of his, and told him how the rescue
had been effected. For this timely act of bravery
aqrarArrlecLbs the young lady's father with a.
pension for life. The young lady herself, in a year
or two after, was married to a merchant named
Thompson, who made him many presents. All,
however, was insufficient. In the latter part of
his life Robinson took to drinking, and frequently
forestalled his pension by many months, and at last
died a pauper at the age of 90. He had a sister,
who died two years ago, near Penrith, in her 92d
year, and it is well known that the physical strength
of the family never had its equal in the neighbour-
hood of their birth.—Cumberland Pacquet.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

LONDON, Dec. B.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Easterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Richard
111., from Callao for Cowes ; her Majesty's ship Osborne,
from Antwerp.
SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived.—Ame-
rica, steamer, from New York.
OFF PLYMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Anived—Sile-
nium, from Buenos Ayres. _ _ .

OFF CROORHAVEN, Doc. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—
Scotland, screw steamer, from New York.
CARDIFF, Dec. 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Repast, from

Bilboa.

FALMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Traveller,
from Shields for Rio Janeiro.

LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived, Dec. 7—Earl of Auckland, from Rotterdam.
Arrived, Dec. B—Judea, from Antwerp ; Victor, screw
steamer, from Grenada; Victor, steamer, from Brussels;
Earl of Aberdeen, steamer, from Hamburg.
DEAL, Friday Morning.
No arrivals.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This ray.

Market quiet.. Sales probably 7,000 bales.

Bank of England Returns,--Last Evening.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Dec. 6, 1865.

LEMUR DEPORTMENT.
Notes issued .......X28,335,270,

Government Debt £11,015,1C0
Other Seouritics .. : 3.634,910
Gold Coin & Bullion 13,885,20
Silver Bullion ....

£2B 335,270'

£28,335,270

BANKING D
oprietora' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Meat
Public Deposits (in -
eluding Exche-
quer, Saviiigs'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

E PART[ ENT.
Government_Seon-

rities (including
Dead WeightAn-

nuity) -
.19 841,110
Other Securities 19,277,797
Notes
Gold and Silver 7c4,317
Coin

—...---_
counts) 6,619,613
Other Deposits 12,617,030
Seven Day and
other Bills 471,129

£37,453,3:4
V

£37,483,321
MILLER, Chief Canhier.

Dee. 7, 1865.

ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND
DOVER RAILWAY.—Last evening a fearful accident, which
it is feared will terminate fatally, happened at the St.
Mary's Cray's station on this railway. A man named
William Moon, aged 32, a porter, was crossing the line,
when he was knocked down by a passing train, the wheels
of which went over his legs, cutting off the left one. He
was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he remains
without hope of recovery.
ROTTEN V. WARD.—" ARTEMUS WARD."—This
case, which involved a novel point of copyright law, came
before Vice-Chancellor Wood yesterday on a motion for an
interlocutory injunction to restrain the defendants, E. Ward.
G. Lock, and C. T.Tyler, of Fleet-street, from publishing or
selling a work intituled " Artemus Ward,his Book and Tra-
vels, with an introduction by George Augustus Sala, re-
printed from the original." The motion was made on behalf
of Mr. J. C. Rotten, publisher, Piccadilly, and Mr. E. P.
Hingston, of Chelsea, under the circumstances alleged in
the bill, viz. :—ln October, 1863, Mr. Hingston, a British
subject, in conjunction with Mr. C.F. Brown, an American,
who had assumed the name of Artemus Ward, made toge-
ther an excursion through California and Oregon, and
thence across the plains to the district known as the Salt
Lake, inhabited by the Mormons. During their excursion
Mr. Hingston and Mr. Brown made notes descriptive of the
places they visited, of such incidents and scenes as they
respectively deemed worthy of record, and of the
manners and peculiarities of the people with whom they
came into contact. After the excursion, Mr. Hingston and
Mr. Brown allowed each other free access to their notes,
and from them was prepared, by their joint labours, a work
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States,
belong to Mr. Brown and his publisher, and so far as re-
lated only to the British dominions belong to Mr. Hing-
ston and his publisher. Subsequently it was arranged be-
tween Mr. Brown and Mr. Rotten that tho publication of
the book in the United States and the British dominions
respectively should be simultaneous. On the 16th of Sep-
tember last Mr. Rotten, for the benefit of himself and Mr.
Hingston, published the work in England, and it has been
duly registered at Stationers' Hall in their joint names. A.
few days or more subsequent to such publication Mr.
Brown, through a publisher in New York, published an
American edition of the work. The plaintiffs recently
discovered that the defendants, E. Ward, G. Lock, and C.
T. Tyler, were publishing and selling for the joint benefit
of themselves and the defendant J. Maxwell a copy of
the plaintiffs' work, or substantially the same, save
that the defendants had substituted a new intro-
duction in place of that in plaintiff's work, and had
slightly varied the arrangement of the matter. These
were the statements of the plaintiffs. The
theirdefe work
on the other hand, alleged that inasmuch as
was copied from the American edition the plaintiffs had
publication.
no right to interfere with the defendants'
Mr. G. M. Giffard and Mr. Lovell appeared in support of
the motion. The Vice-Chancellor, immediately on the
conclusion of Mr. Giffard's address in support of the mo-
tion, observed that the motion raised rather a nice point,
which he thought ought to be decided at the hearing of
the cause, and not upon the present occasion. The ques-
tion of copyright would to a great extent depend upon
facts upon which it was desirable to have more informa-
tion than was now forthcoming. Of course, if the mo-
tion were to stand over till the hearing, the defendants
would undertake in the meantime to keep an account of
profits. Mr. Rolt assented. He observed that the bill did
not allege that Mr. Hingston wrote any of the plaintiffs,
work. The injunction was therefore refused, the motion
being ordered to stand over till the hearing, leave being
given to amend the bill.
BREACH OF PROMISE.—An action for breach of
promise of marriage was tried in the Court of Commons
Pleas yesterday. A young girl named Berry sued a Mr.
Da Costa for damages. There could be no doubt that the
promise had been made and that the plaintiff had beetnhesre,s-
duced. Ultimately the defendant married his
xm,
5%50.
maid. The jury gave the plaintiff a verdict for
AN UNLUCKY PARTNER.—A strange accident has
taken place at a public ball at Vienna. An officer became
entangled by the crinoline of his partner, and falling, broke
one of his legs; the lady rolling over him. in her turn, fell
on the other leg and fractured it likewise.

THE KINGDOM OF GREECE.

(From the Times' CorreApondent)
ATHENS, Nov. 30.

It is to be hoped that the struggles for office and
the changes of Cabinets that have occupied the
minds and the tongues of the Athenians for more
than a month are now at an end, and that a truce
has been established between the factions in the
Chamber of Deputies, at least until the second
legislative period of the present House of Represen-
tatives commences next year. It is full time that
the Greeks turn from disputing about who is to be
Minister, to examining seriously what ought to be
done by whoever happens to be at the head of the
Government. Bankruptcy and anarchy both
threaten the country with a speedy visit if the pre-
sent lavish expenditure and administrative disorder
be prolonged. Yet there is still time to escape them
by honest and searching reductions.
You were informed last week that the King sent
for M. Bulgaris to form a Cabinet for the second
time within a fortnight. But the unfortunate
nomination of General Kalerges was as a mill-stone
round his neck, and he declined, pleading, as his
excuse, his age and the state of his health. The
Court party then made a desperate attempt to
revive the system of King Otho, who delighted
to carry on the Government by Cabinets com-
posed of political dwarfs, men destitute of political
influence and personal character. M. Diomedes
Kyriakos, the Professor of Political Juris-
prudence, who is neither a deputy nor a Councillor
of State, though a man of high standing and cha-
racter, was selected to compose a Ministry inde-
pendent of party and practically subservient to the
Court. This attempt to revive an unwise practice
awakened many unpleasant recollections and ex-
cited universal opposition. M. Kyriakos abandoned
the charge intrusted to him as soon as he found
that his nomination was ill received by the Chamber.
After the refusal of M. Diomedes Kyriakos, the
King sent for M. Bulgaris and M. Deligeorgis
together, and requested them to agree on the for-
mation of a Cabinet. Bulgaris persisted in making
the state of his health a reason for declining to take il
office, and Deligeorgis has re-established his former
Cabinet, with the exception of M. Kalliphronas,
who makes way for M. Autonopoulos, a member of
the short. lived Bulgaris Administration.
Your readers are probably more curious to know
what is the real difference in the political principles
and administrative views between the late and pre-
sent Ministers than to learn their names. One '
party calls itself Conservative, and the other calls
itself Constitutional. These designations, however,
do not aid in discovering why a large party blames
the Government of Koumoundouros, or why it ex-
pects much from the Government of Deligeorgis.
Both these political leaders took an active part in
the revolution that dethroned King Otho, and they
held office together in the revolutionary Govern-
ment ; but Koumoundouros is a politician of the old
administrative school formed during King Otho's
reign, and he held the office of Finance Minister
previous to 1861, when the Greek Government
plunged into the career of lavish military expendi-
ture which demoralised the army, and is now para-
lysing the efforts of the nation to improve its condi-
tion.

The following are the charges usually brought
against the Conservative policy of M. Kounioun-
douros

1. The wasteful expenditure of his Government,
and the system of concealment practised in all
financial business, in order to escape the control of
public opinion, and prevent the people from knowing
how the revenues are employed, even after he has
been compelled to admit the existence of a large de-
ficit.

2. The systematic hostility his Cabinet has dis-
played to every measure tending to develope the
practice of self-government. The obstacles created
to retard the election of local magistrates by the
people under the municipal law passed by the
National Assembly, and the manner in which he
has allowed the municipal revenues to be diverted
from all objects of public utility, roads, bridges,
ferry boats, police, and prisons.
o. The increasing expenditure of the army and
navy with reference to the number of men in actual
service, and the constantly increasing disorganization
of every branch of the public administration.
4. The increase of brigandage, and the increased
expenditure and oppressive conduct of the force em-
ployed to pursue, and not to destroy, the brigands.
On the other hand, the following improvements
are expected from the Cabinet of Deligeorgis.
1. The reduction of the public expenditure, pub-
licity in the public accounts, and a reform of the
arbitrary changes of officials, which renders place-
hunting the disgrace of Greek society.
_ _ _

2. The immediate organization of the municipali-
ties under the existing law, and the employment of
a large proportion of the local funds now wasted in
paying useless placemen for purposes of public
utility.

3. The reorganization of the army and navy, and
indeed of every branch of the administration.
4. The reorganization of the National Guard on
the Swiss model.

I hear everybody around me exclaim that a great
change in the manner of conducting the govern-
ment must take place, but from the vague nature
of public opinion on the measures to be pursued, it
is probable that the change, when it comes, will be
effected by some unforeseen incident which will com-
pel the people to decide suddenly and act energeti-
cally. The great reforms generally regarded as in-
evitable do not seem likely to proceed from the
counsels of Greek statesmen, or the initiative of a
Greek executive. Yet the Greeks are unanimous in
declaring that they want a strong Government. Ex-
perience proves, however, that they want it only on
the condition of disobeying it whenever it seems
good in their own eyes. The younger and intelligent
men unconnected with the Palace and the place-
hunting society of Athens, have great confidence in
the talents and patriotiim of Deligeorgis, and every-
body who wishes well to Greece and the throne of
King George must desire his success. But the diffi-
culties he has to encounter have been greatly in-
creased by the frequent changes in the Government
that have recently happened, even though he follow
steadily the right path.
A diplomatic difference with the Italian Minister
has just been satisfactorily arranged. It deserves to
be mentioned, as it ought to warn the Greek Court
that the time is past when the acts of injustice and
the diplomatic evasions which were often employed
against the late Lord Lyons and M. Mussures, while
they were Ministers at King Otho's
Court, can be
repeated with impunity.

On the2sth of October, when M. lioumoundouros
was driven from office, a crowd assembled before
the House of Representatives, and when the re-
sult of the vote was announced there was great ex-
ultation and loud cheering. A strong body of police
bad been stationed in readiness to preserve order
had the Opposition been defeated. The chief of the
police, affected by that dangerous official malady,
too much zeal, ordered his policemen to disperse
the crowd and stop the public rejoicing. At this
moment several members of the diplomatic body
and
the Vice-Consul of Italy quitted the Chamber
to return home. They
mingled
with the crowd, and
the police fell on the
Vice-Consul, who, having the
misfortune to speak Greek well, was taken for a
native when he asked
by
why they struck him.
They then explained ycutting him over the head
with a sword, and by beating him cruelly.
Italian Minister demanded The
more rational explana-
tions. His demands wereeglected and justice
evaded. At the end of three w'eeks his patience
was exhausted, and he inforraedthe Greek Govern-
ment that if he could neither obtain a satisfactory
explanation nor justice for the Vice-Consul, be
should quit Athens at the expiry of three days
Then began a running to and fro of (Adds:
Everything became clear to the understanding of
the 16 Hellenic Ministers who held office during the
affair. The policemen are to be punished, and
Count Della Minerva received becoming apologies
and remains in Greece. _ _

The discussion ccncerning the abolition of the
Council of State, in virtue of the provision in the
108th Article of the Constitution, commenced to-
day, and is to proceed to-morrow in presence of all
the Ministers. The abolition can only take place

at the demand of three-quarters of the members,
which supposes almost complete national unanimity
out of the Chamber.

Court of Common Council.

Yesterday a meeting of the Court of Common
Council was held at Guildhall, for the despatch of
business ; the Lord Mayor (Alderman Phillips) pre-
siding.