The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-11 00:00:00

THE SUB, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIAG, AUGUST 11, 1865.

Mr, Jefferson Davis in Prison.

A special correspondent of the New York Times,
writing from Washington on July 21, gives the
following details respecting Jefferson Davis's prison
life :

The very few here who are permitted to know the
facts about Jeff. Davis's habits, health, his prison
diet, privileges, and so on, are much amused at the
manufactured fol-de-rol that appears periodically
in the New York and Philadelphia papers. One
would imagine, did he credit the statements of these
sensationalists, that Jeff. is in the hands of brutish
tyrants rather than of Christian gentlemen ; that
he is being worn away between the upper and nether
stones of official restriction and prison torture, instead
of enjoying to his full capacity every comfort which
the necessary caution and watchfulness of his
guardians will permit.
lie is confined in a large casemate, where there is
ample room for his bed, a table, several chairs, and
a bath tub. He is in no way hampered about his
person, everything being as free to-day as when he
stamped defiance with his foot in Washington and
waved adieu to his compeers of the senate. To be
sure he is not permitted to be alone, but the guard
are cautioned against intrusion ; and at no time has
he complained of either officers or men. Should he do
so, and were his complaint based on the slightest
foundation, it would be attended to. At night a lamp
burns within his room. This, however, was done as
a measure of precaution rather than annoyance. At
first he complained of it, thinking it would interfere
with his sleep, but as experiencd demonstrated the
folly of his fear, he withdrew the request that it
should be removed. The guard is changed every
two hours ; an inspection of guard is made twice
each day. The floor is neatly swept, and every care
taken to furnish water in abundance. The regu-
larity with which Mr. Davis takes his morning bath
is evidence of the care he yet takes of his person.
llis toilet is as faultless as ever, and he presents the
same precise and well-ordered exterior as in earlier
and happier days.

I have seen it stated that Jeff's food was the same
as is furnished the rank and file of the army. If it
was it would be sufficiently better than that given
our prisoners at Richmond, but as retaliation is not
the practice of the Government, it may be as well to
state that this report is as far from the truth as is
the other which says that he is allowed all the deli-
cacies of the season. The fact is, strange as it may
seem to some of our copperhead friends, that
Davis is taken care of by people who have at least
an ordinary amount of common sense, and who
know the folly of going to extremes. The food fur-
nished the rebel chief is such as he can eat with relish.
He doesn't have strawberries and cream, nor boned
turkey and mince pie, but ho does have tea and
coffee, beef and other meats, vegetables and cigars.
These complaints about food do not originate with
the prisoner, and until he seesfit even to intimate to
those in charge that his diet disagrees with hirn,it is
hardly necessary for the newspaper oppositionists
to worry themselves about it. Dr. Craven, who has
been with Mr. Davis every day since his arrival,
is a gentleman and a practitioner of acknowledged
merit, who would not forfeit the approval of his
conscience for all the advancement in the power of
his superiors, and to his opinion the officers in
charge invariably yield the most implicit respect.
At his advice sundry changes, vegetable mainly,
were made in the bill of fare, but they were sug-
gested as precautionary rather than as absolutely
necessary.

It is not true that Davis neither speaks nor is
spoken to. Such rigour would be childish and ab-
surd. With Major-General Miles, with Dr. Craven,
and other officers of the post he converses freely
and unrestrainedly. They have no desire to be un-
civil, nor would they consent to such a depth of
degradation as would be needful were they expected
in any way to irritate, annoy, or disturb their pri-
soner. With the soldiers of the guard he is not per-
mitted to talk, nor would he be if he was a simple
visitor. It is customary at all military posts for
visitors, and especially prisoners, to refrain from
conversation with any soldier on duty. In case he
needs anything at any time he has only to tell the
sentinel, who calls the officer of the guard, who re-
ports to the officer of the day.
Rising► at an early hour, Mr. Davis takes a bath,
then dresses, after which he is visited by the officer
of the guard, the officer of the day, and the medical
attendant. He then breakfasts, after which he walks
up and down his room, converses with Gen. Miles,
who generally visits his quarters about that time, or
with Dr. Craven, reads the Bible, and quite likely
longs for books and papers ; that he has not thus
far been permitted either is a fact. Whether it is
best to wholly deprive him of the society of books is
a fair matter of argument. Many think that he
should have everything of this kind with which to
while away his time and make the devious hours
pass less slowly. Then there are many who enter-
tain the idea that Jeff. deserves a little punishment,
and that it is not at all desirable that his time should
pass pleasantly or rapidly. Quite likely the Go-
vernment are of that opinion ; at all events, he don't
get the papers.

It has also been stated that no letters of sym-
pathy had been received for him. This is incorrect.
Mrs. Davis and other members of the family have
written frequently, and although Mr. Davis is not
permitted to read the letters, he is furnished with
all items of domestic news and interest, such as the
state of health and movements of the family gene-
rally. In addition to these, numerous letters of
council and advice have been received, although
none of them, with one exception, have been given
him. It is not deemed right that intercourse by
letter should be permitted with any one, although
one would suppose it could do no harm if the mere
home letters were allowed to pass freely. Of course,
there are hundreds of silly people in the country,
and it would be strange if they who pester the
President for opinions, bother persons of note for
autographs, and deluge officials with advice, should
not occasionally scribble a line of abuse to old
Jeff. His friends, however, may rest easy on this
point ; he is never annoyed, by these impertinences,
because he never sees nor hears of them. It is said
that he rarely talks about or cares to have refer-
ence made to political or military matters. Quite
likely this is in deference to the good advice of his
counsel. When Davis was first incarcerated, he
made application for pen, ink, and paper ; the ap-
plication was refused. Ho then made no requests
for several days, until after the reception of a letter
from an etainent lawyer, when he again requested
stationery. It was granted on one condition ; find-
ing it difficult to comply with the terms, he returned
the materials. He has several times expressed a de-
sire for free correspondence with his wife and family,
and seemed annoyed at the determined refusal given
at each application.
What earthly honest purposes the press hope to
gain by circulating lies about Jeff's health it is dif-
ficult to conceive. He is in better condition to-day
than he has been in five years. It will be remembered
that a sacking cough seriously affected his throat
and lungs during his last days at Washington ; it
has gone entirely. He has been blind of one eye for
many years, and the sight of the other was exceed-
ingly poor of late. The power of his eye is greater
now than at any time in ten years. He wears at
times the famous green goggles, but there is not the
need for them now tkat there used to be. During
his rule at Richmond, the constant strain upon his
eye wore upon it, and it was the opinion of his
best and most intimate friends that ho would even-
tually lose sight altogether. This is changed for the
better. Regular hours, much sound sleep, almost
total abstinence from wear and tear, are doing much
for his health generally, and very much for his eye-
sight. Ilia carriage is still erect. His hair is
changing colour, his cheeks, always sunken, are now
covered with a light beard, making him look fatter
and sounder, his physique is in good repair, his
limbs are firm and his step square.
Of his mental ecndition it is more difficult to
speak. lle is as eager for books, for mind food, as
he is for the substantials needed by his body. Na-
turally nervous, years of ill-health have made him
irritable. Other years of absolute power made him
impatient, and trouble seems to have made him
querulous. Still he sleeps like a top. He retires
early, and sometimes never turns till morning. If
the people who
write laboured editorials about the

" treatment of Jefferson Davis" could contrast his
appearance with tilat of thousands who barely es-
caped starvation and death at his hands, they would
be compelled to keep quiet or change their tune.
Nor is it true that he has been denied the privi-
leges of an occasional walk, any more than is the
story that his near approaching dissolution com-
pelled a change of programme. General Miles, a
prudent 'efficient officer, has been in charge of the
prisoner's person and health. He is, in fact, held
responsible for him by the President and the Secre-
tary of War. At first, before the excitement of
capture and confinement wore away, it was deemed
best that he should be kept quietly in his ample
room. Since then, however, at various times, at
the suggestion of the General or of Davis, as the
case might be, they have walked out upon the ram-
parts in the cool of the early evening, and sniffed
the fresh air together. With General Miles Mr.
Davis has ever been courteous and decorous in his
bearing and conversation. There is no reason why
he should not be, for so far as the externals of life
and society go, he is as proper a person as can be
found, in a day's tramp. The heat having become
intense at the fort, General Miles has made these
little excursions more frequently, and with great
benefit to his mental and physical condition.

THE TRAGEDY IN HOLBORN,

MORE MURDERS.

The inquest on the bodies of the three children will not
be held till this day ; and in the absence of authenticated
facts, the neighbourhood has been filled with rumours of
more or less probability. Yesterday morning it was re-
ported that another dreadful murder had been committed,
and that the perpetrator (who had been taken in the fact)
had confessed that ho was also guilty of the dreadful crime
which had just been discovered in London. This story
turned out to be perfectly true ; but it will be seen from
the report which has been furnished us by our correspon-
dent, and which will be found below, that the Ramsgate
murderer in no respect tallies with the person suspected of
the murder in Holborn. There would seem to be some
ground for suspecting Stephen Forward is a mere maniac,
and that he is guiltless of the additional crime of which he
accused himself before the Ramsgate magistrates. It is,
however, premature to indulge in any speculations upon
that point.
It is stated that the manner in which the name of the
alleged murderer of the children in London was discovered
was extremely simple. Mr. White, who lives near Holborn,
went to the coffee-house to look at the deceased, and was
horrified to find that they were his wife's. Immediately
ho had mentioned the name of his wife, and said that she
had been living with Southey, whose description agreed
with the person who had brought the children to the house,
the whole was plain to the police, who had known Southey
for a long time. It seems that he is the same as that
Southey, the billiard-marker, who a short time ago brought
an action, in conjunction with Mrs. White, against the
Earl of Dudley for assault. The assault was said to have
been committed in the noble earl's house, where Mrs. White
had come with a begging petition for money for Southey,
who she said at the time was "more than her husband,"
and had been her saviour from starvation after she had
been deserted by the Earl of Dudley's brother at Brighton.
Beside the particulars of the trial, which were published at
the time, a long statement by Southey appeared in the
journals of the day respecting his wrong and the suffer-
ings of Mrs. White, whom he had felt it his duty to rescue
from an erring husband and a life of shame.
Dr.Fwberts, of Lamb's Conduit-street,was the first medi-
cal gentleman who attended, and on his viewing the bodies
he was perfectly sure that they had been dead many hours,
and, with little doubt, had died from the administration of
poison. Ho at once communicated with Dr. Hardwicke,
the deputy coroner of Central Middlesex (Dr. Lankester
being on the Continent), and had a personal interview, the
result being the necessary order that a post mortem exami-
nation should bo immediately made. By such promptitude
if any evaporating poison had been administered it would
be detected, and, further, the ends of justice would-be as-
sisted. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Dr. Roberts, assisted
by a medical gentleman, commenced his examination upon
the bodies of the three children. Dr. Roberts is said to be
quite satisfied that the deaths of the children have been
produced by poison, but by what poison ho was reluctant
to say.
There are some indications, it is said, which render it not
altogether improbable that the man Southey had an accom-
plice in the fearful crime, but who the party suspected may
be the police very properly decline to state.
The three children were respectively named Henry
White, aged 10 years ; Thomas White, aged 8 years ; and
Alexander White, aged 6 years. They have a singularly
placid look, and appear as if still sleeping. The eldest boy
Henry, met his death in the front room. His countenance
wore the same expression of repose as those of his younger
brothers. On the dressing-table near him la 7 n elk neck-
cloth crumpled up, and having the appearance as if it had
been used to wipe up a little fluid.
It was stated that on the dressing-table, near the silk
neckcloth, was found a small bottle, which had been taken
possession of by the detectives. It is believed that that
bottle contained the poison with which there is every reason
to suspect the children ware deprived of life.
The children were not in good physical condition ; indeed
-the body of Thomas was almost emaciated. They were all
three handsome and intelligent looking, their fair com-
plexions and auburn hair giving them an innocent and joy-
ous appearance. Their clothes, though neat, were shabby
and old. On the bed of the oldest lay his little Scotch
cap, which ho had evidently thrown there before getting
into bed. In this boy's room:the sum of 4d. lay on the table
near the end of his bed; a Bible also was placed there.
From the fact of the bottle being found in the eldest
boy's room, it is inferred that the two younger children
were poisoned first, and that the murderer then completed
his diabolical crime by getting the eldest boy to drink off
the remainder of the drug.
It is alleged that the servant girl at the Star Coffee-
house was passing the door of the room in which the
eldest boy lay when the murderer was coming out on
Tuesday night. She observed the appearance of the boy
as he lay upon the bed, and she actually remarked to
Southey, " How pale that boy looks." Southey merely
answered, " Oh, that is no matter ; he always looks that
way." Ho then locked the door and went down stairs.
Tho servant states that the boy looked as if ho was sleep,
but beyond all doubt he was then dead.

At the Wandsworth Police-court, yesterday, Mr. S elfe,
who officiated for Mr. Day man, referred to the murder, and
inquired of the officers whether they remembered a man
making an application to him about 12 months ago ?
Payne, one of the summoning officers, said that the man
who was supposed to have murdered the children had done
so, and he had also made an application to Mr. Ingham.

Mr. Self() remarked that when he came beforo-him he
recognised him as the man concerned in attempting to ob-
tain money from Lord Dudley. He (Mr. Selfe) saw that
he made an application to Mr. Tyrwhitt, at Marlborough-
street Police-court, with reference to being in great dis-
tress, and of his intention to commit suicide. It was stated
that he handed in a bottle of poison.
A gentleman in court informed Mr. Selfe that the maa
had been there several times, and that he had expressed a
" great desire to have his application made public." He
wished to make an appeal, through the instrumentality of
the press, on behalf of his wife, who was suffering from
some peculiar disease, and he said that unless she was pro-
vided with necessaries to alleviate her sufferings, it was
her intention to commit suicide.

The officers of the court all said that they could recog-
nise him from having seen him about on several occasions.
In the course of the morning Inspector Lovelace gave
instructions to several plain clothes constables to search for
the man.

RAMSGATE, Thursday.

This morning, shortly after 9 o'clock, Ramsgate was
thrown into a state of intense excitement by a report that
a man named Stephen Forward had committed a double
murder in a dyer's house in King-street. Unfortunately,
upon inquiry, this rumour proved only too true. It appears
that Forward, who was formerly a baker in the town, left
Ramsgate some eight years ago, leaving his wife and a little
girl behind him in- a state of almost total destitution. From
time to time anonymous letters have been sent to his wife,
some of which have contained small sums of money. On
Wednesday evening, Forward suddenly appeard in Rams-
gate, and made his arrival knownto his wife. He requested
her to take a walk with him, but she declined, giving
as a reason that as ho had been away for some years
he was a comparative stranger, and she did not like being
seen out in the evening with strangers. Sho then invited
him to go into the house of a person named Ellis, s dyer,
residing in King-street. Forward accepted the invitation,
and they remained talking in the presence of Mr. Ellis and
his daughter for some time. In consequence, however, of
Forward having twice stated that ho had something to say
to his wife, and which ho could not say in the presence of
strangers, Mr. Ellis and his daughter loft the room, but
wont into the shop which adjoins it. After the lapse of
half an hour the wife came into the shop and said that
her husband had promised to come again the following
morning. Mr. Ellis then went into the sitting-room, and
Forward repeated the promise he had made to his wife,
and added that he would call shortly after 8 o'clock.
Ho sat down for some time and told his wife and Mr. Ellis
about the trials he had had to undergo during the time he
had been away from her. He further said that ho bad been
abroad, and that while away he had saved a sum of £1,170,
but had been done out of the whole of it. He then,
after renewing his promise to come again the next morning,
left. Yesterday morning, about 20 minutes past eight,
Forward went to Ellis's house. His wife was there, having
seine breakfast with Mr. Ellis and his daughter. He was
asked if he would take any breakfast, but he declined. He
sat down and commenced talking. Shortly before nine Mr.
Ellis went into his workshop, and while there his daughter
told Forward and his wife that if they bad anything to say
in private they might go upstairs. They both went up-

stairs, and had not been there many minutes before the
daughter of Forward went up to them. She had hardly
got there when Mr. Ellis and his daughter were startled by
two rapid reports of a pistol, and on the latter rushing up-
stairs, she arrived at the landing just in time to see For-
ward's daughter fall down dead, she having been shot by
the prisoner. She then called out to her father, who im-
mediately came in ; and on rushing up stairs ho saw
Forward standing at the top of the stairs, just in the sit-
ting room. Ho said, " What have you done, Forward ?"
and seeing that ho had a pistol in his hand, he called on
him to give it to him, which he did. Forward then had a
black moustache and dark whiskers on. Ellis then saw the
feet of Forward's wife; and on looking over the table he
saw her head, and that blood was oozing therefrom. He
told Forward to sit down, and he then perceived that he
had neither moustache nor whiskers on. He asked For-
ward where they were, and he replied that they were un-
der the grate. He looked there, but could not find them,
and Forward then gave them to him. He then called out
to send for the police and a surgeon. Forward added,
" Yes, send for a policeman." He was then given into
custody.
At noon Forward was brought before the magistrates,
charged with the murder of his wife and child.
Previous to the calling of any witnesses, the prisoner,
addressing the magistrates, said, " I have hero a paper to
Sir Richard Mayne, which I hope you will permit me to
read to you. I have a reason for it. If you will grant me
the favour I think you will see that my reason justifies me
in asking it. Immediately I was brought to the station-
house I asked for some paper, a pen, and some ink, that I
might draw up this statement, but it is not yet finished. I
also made a statement to the inspector in charge. I in-
quired whether he had heard of the murder of three chil-
dren in London. My reason for asking this question was,
that previous to my boing charged with this crime I was
guilty of the murder of three children in London. (Sen-
sation.) I hope this .may be taken as a communication
to Sir Richard Mayne, and also that it is made quite
voluntarily."
The Chairman—You had better Wait until such time as
we have heard the evidence.

William Ellis was then called, and deposed to the facts
as above stated.

The magistrates having decidod to adjourn the case till
Saturday,

The prisoner asked permission to read the statement,
and having obtained it, he read it aloud, laying the whole
of the blame upon Lord Palmerston, Sir Richard Mayne,
the Earl of Derby, Lord S t:..nley, Sir E. B. Lytton, &c.
The magistrates then adjourned the case until Saturday
next.

The inquest on the bodies will take place to-morrow.

HISTORY OP THE ALLEGED MURDERER.

The man, Southey, alias Forward, is stated to be a per-
son of good education and the son of respectable parents.
He was at one time a writer in a law office, and during his
leisure hours he frequented billiard rooms. He became au
accomplished gambler, and in progress of time a thorough
blackleg and swindler. Giving up all regular avocations,
he made it his practice to visit the different watering
places, and, dressing in the most fashionable style, to throw
himself in the way of rich young men and fleece them at
his pleasure. It is said that at the present moment several
hundred pounds won in this way are still duo to him by
various gentlemen; indeed the name of one nobleman is
given who is indebted to him for a sum of nearly £2OO.
In the course of his career ho made the acquaintance
of Mrs. White, the wife of a schoolmaster living at
Featherstone-buildings, Holborn. His own account of
his meeting with her was that one evening he saw her
weeping and evidently contemplating suicide on the pier at
Margate, and that he felt impelled to ask her the cause of
her troubles. She disclosed to him such a history of
domestic misery that he felt himself called upon as a man
of common humanity to accord her his protection, and
assist her in every way. But the real facts as to the origin
of the discreditable connection were not at all so romantic,
according to other and more reliable accounts. It is said
that he seduced her while she was living with her husband,
and at a time not long subsequent to her marriage. The
children whom he has now so ruthlessly slain are believed
to have been all his, although they were born under the
roof of the adulteress's husband. On three different occa-
sions, however, she left her husband's home to go and live
with her paramour. Indeed, her character was known to
be the reverse of respectable. Her course of living was an
abandoned one, and it is said that she had liaisons with
other men. But her guilty passion for Southey was never-
theless real, and she finally left her home and her husband
for him.

Southey and Mrs. White figured not long since in the
extraordinary action against Lord Dudley, which is still
within the recollection of the public, and the result being
adverse to them they both went headlong to ruin. He be-
came a billiard-marker, and continued to gamble, but hay-
ing become known he was not so successful as formerly.
But nevertheless, Mrs. White, knowing that her children
were in a state of semi-starvation, insisted that he should
consent to their being brought to live with him and her.
He reluctantly consented, and said that he would take them
to Australia. Heavy losses in betting rendered his affairs
completely ruinous, and he formed the diabolical plan of
relieving himself of the maintenance of the throe boys by
murdering them. It is evident that ho fancied he could
get rid of the children by poison and escape detection by
taking them to a coffee-house where ho was totally un-
known, and where he did not give his name, and there
quietly poisoning them. The poison used is supposed to
have been cyanide of potassium.
As a proof of the unsettled state of his affairs of late it
may be mentioned that during the month of July ho moved
his lodgings no less than four times. He lived first at Rose
Cottage, Putney ; then at No. 2, Windsor-street, Putney ;
next, at Elm Tree House, Putney; and lastly, at the
Cricketers' public-house, Putney.
A telegram received from Ramsgate last evening states
that the murderer is in a state bordering on madness, and
that he at times almost raves. He is evidently a man of
strong and ferocious passions. _ _

The facts in respect to Earl Dudley's knowledge of
Southey, to which reference is made above, are as follows :
—lt would appear that the man Southey had, as has been
stated, at Brighton and other fashionable watering places,
come, in the course of his gambling career, in contact with
gentlemen of the highest respectability and position.
Among them was the Hon. Dudley Ward, from whom
Southey asserted that he had won £l,lOO at billiards.
Southey called on the Earl of Dudley and represented the
matter to him, at the same time stating that he had called on
his lordship because he was the head of the family, and he
hoped he would pay the amount. Tho Earl of Dudley con-
sidered the matter, and told Southoy he could not think of
paying his claim,for various reasons. In the first place he did
not know that the money was actually due ; and, in the
next place, supposing it to be duo it was a gambling debt
and could not be recovered in law. His lordship added that
if the claim had been made on a tradesman's bill he would
have paid it ; but considering thenature of the debt, if he
were to recognise it his fortune would not be able to stand
against such claims. He therefore declined to recognise it
in any shape or way. A few days after the above interview,
Southey mot the earl at the railway station when he was
about starting for Scotland, and again appealed to him to
pay this gambling debt, whereupon the Earl of Dudley told
him distinctly that he would not pay it, and gave Southey
to understand that if he again obtruded on his privacy he
would hand him over to the police. From that time Southey
never applied to his lordship for money until about six
months afterwards, when he sent Mrs. White on the 12th
March, 1864. On that occasion Mrs. White sent up the
name of the Countess of Shaftesbury, and Lord Dudley
immediately came down to his library to see her. On enter-
ing the room he was surprised to find a stranger there, and
inquired her business. She replied that she came fr-om Mr.
Southey for the money that was owing to him from the
lion. Mr. Ward, and lie (his lordship) then most distinctly
refused to recognise the debt, and ordered her to leave the
house. Ho left the library, and some time afterwards
returning, was extremely indignant to find that Mrs.
White was still standing near the window. He again
ordered her to leave the house, and she refused. lie
then took her by the arm and forced her towards
the door, and, as she averred, hurt her very much,
to prevent which she caught him by the whis-
kers. Eventually Earl Dudley got her into the hall
and thrust her out of the house, for which she summoned
him to the Hundred Petty Sessions at Worcester. The
case was heard on the 2d of April, by Sir F. C. Winning-
ton, the Rev. C. J. Farley, the Rev. W. J. Raymond, the
Rey. H. J. Hastings, and Mr. Edward Vernon. Having
heard Mrs. White's complaint against the Earl of Dudley
and his answer to it, together with the evidence of a wit-
ness who proved that he used no more violence than was
absolutely necessary for removing her from the premises,
the bench unanimously decided on dismissing the sum-
mons. This appeared to weigh very heavily on the mind
of Southey, who has ever since been brooding over what
ho fancied to be a wrong inflicted on himself, but it does
not appear that he has again attempted to molest his lord-
ship. Since that period Southey and Mrs. White hays
been in cohabitation.

LATEST PARTICULARS—(THIS DAY.)
Nothing further than that already published has
transpired to-day with respect to the dreadful
murders committed in London and Ramsgate by
Southey, otherwise Forward.
The police authorities feel quite certain that they
have the right man in custody. The woman and
child shot by Forward is the prisoner's lawful wife,
and not Mrs. White. _

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At the inquest, which takes place this evening,
and which will appear in our late edition, some
further particulars may transpire.

INCREASE OF TRADE BETWEEN AMERICA AND
EUROPE.-0 wing to the termination of the rebellion in the
United States, the trade with Europe is on the increase.
The Bremen, which left Southampton for New York on the
2d inst., was obliged to shut out a great quantity of goods
owing to the large cargo which she took in at Bremen. On
the Bth inst. the Borussia did not call at Southampton on
her way to New York, having filled with cargo at Hamburg.

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The Queen's Journey to Germany.

ANTWERP, AUG. 10.
Queen Victoria did not proceed to Laeken as
reported, but went on direct to Germany.
The Prince Gf Wales is expected this evening at
Antwerp, on his road to. Germany.
The following telegram haz been received at the
1R:0111e-office :

" COBURG, Auo. 11, 9 A.M.

" Her Majesty the Queen arrived at Coburg at
8 a.m. this morning, and immediately proceeded
to Rosenau."

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by
the Hon. Mrs. Ilardinge and Major Teesdale, left
Marlborough House at noon yesterday, en route to
the Continent.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has
left Gloucester House for a tour in Germany. In the first
instance the duke will visit his mother and the Princess
Mary at Rumpenheim, near Frankfort. His Royal High-
ness is expected to be absent from home about a month.

Prince and Princess Gagarini have left Mau-
rigy's Hotel for St. Leonards.

Lord Seaton has arrived at Ryde, Isle of Wight,
from the Albany, London.

Count Parilla has left Maurigy's Hotel for Paris.
Major the Hon. Augustus 11. Anson, V.C., and
Mrs. Anson have arrived in town from Staffordshire.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter and
Lady Victoria Cecil, who within the last few days came to
town from Burghley House, near Stamford, left,their resi-
dence in Grosvenor-square on Wednesday for Germany.
The Earl of Dudley intends to leave Dudley
House, Park-lane, early in tho ensuing week for his shoot-
ing quarters in Scotland.

The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, accom-
panied by Lord and Lady Lindsay and family, leave town
to-day for Haigh Hall, Wigan. Lord and Lady Lindsay
shortly leave for their seat in Scotland, to pass the shoot-
ing season.

The Countess (Dowager) of Jersey leaves town
to-day for Osterley Park, near Brentford.
HONOURS TO JOHN BRIGHT.--Prosident Johnson
has tendered to John Bright, through Admiral Goldsbo-
rough,. of the European squadron, a steam frigate, to con-
vey him to America, should he decide to visit this country
—thus recognising him as the nation's guest. This, it is
said, was the intention of President Lincoln also.—Anti-
Slavery Standard, July 29.

Literary Association of the Friends of

Poland.

The honorary secretary of the Literary Associa-
tion of the Friends of Poland presents his compli-
ments to the Editor of The Sun, and requests the
favour of the insertion of the accompanying copy
of a letter received from the Treasury, relative to
some of the Polish refugees now in this country.
The reason for making this request appears in the
letter itself :-
12,306. Treasury Chambers, August 9, 1865.

Sir,—l am directed by the Lords Commissioners of her
Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, with reference to the
letter from this Board of the 16th Juno last, stating that
my Lords had appointed a committee for the purpose of
making inquiry into the distress alleged to exist among
the Polish refugees in this country in consequence of the
suppression of the insurrection which took place in Poland
in the years 1863 and 1864, that the inquiry having now
lasted for nearly two months, my Lords are of opinion that
the time has arrived when steps should be taken for bring-
ing it to a conclusion ; and with this view they have given
directions to the committee that they are to limit the in-
quiry upon which they are engaged to the cases of those
refugees alone whose applications for relief may bo received
at this office on or before the I,sth of this month.

My Lords suggest that it would be desiralle if the Lite-
rary Association of the Friends of Poland will cause the
above decision of their lordships to be communicated to
the Polish Emigration.—l am, &c.
(Signed) GEO. A. HAMMOND.
The Secretary to the Literary Association
of the Friends of Poland.

THE MISSING BOMBAY MAILS.--ThO Ceylon,
which arrived at Southampton yesterday, brought
the heavy portion of the Bombay mail which was due the
10th of last month. The Bombay mail, due the 27th of
last month, is still missing. It was sent by the Orissa,
which broke down at Aden, and was obliged to return to
Bombay. The Marseilles portion of this mail has reached
London, having been brought on by French mail packet.
It is expected that the heavy portion of the Bombay mail
still missing will reach England with the next Australian

THE BRAZILIAN NAVY.—In the recent severe and
hotly contested engagement between the Brazilian
ships and the Paraguayans, in which the latter were de-
feated with very heavy loss, both squadrons were armed
with some of the most approved weapons of modern artil-
lery, the Brazilians being furnished; with a complete Whit-
worth armament, and the Paraguayans with the Blakely
gun. It does not appear, however, that any of the ships,
on either side, were ironclads, and therefore the power of
these guns for modern naval warfare was not tested, except
relatively, the one to the other, over wooden ships.
PROPOSED TESTIMONIAL TO Dr. JAS. PATERSON.—
A meeting, advertised as " a preliminary meeting of
those who sympathise with Dr. James Paterson in the late
difficult and dangerous position in which he was placed,"
was held on Wednesday afternoon in the Crown Hotel,
Glasgow. Sixteen or seventeen gentlemen were present.
Mr. George Mitchell was called to the chair, and in open-
ing the 'proceedings read a letter from Mr. John Douglas,
photographer, Helensburgh, expressing his regret at being
unable to attend, and subscribing two guineas towards a
testimonial fund. The chairman then said that it was un-
necessary for him to enter into any of the circumstances
connected with the late Pritchard case. They did not wish
to say anything against the dead, or to praise the living, but
simply to show their sympathy with Dr. Paterson by giv-
ing him a handsome testimonial. He thought Dr. Paterson
had done all that could be expected of any man under the
difficulties in which he was placed, and but for the course
he took the Pritchard case would never have been conducted
to the termination it had. The following motion had been
put into his hands, and he had much pleasure in moving it:
" That this meeting, sincerely sympathising with Dr. Jas
Paterson on account of the very trying circumstances in
which he was lately placed, and believing that while he
endeavoured conscientiously to discharge his duty, not
only as a physician, but also as a good citizen, he has been
subjected to an amount of public contumely and abuse to
which he was in no respect entitled, therefore resolve to
present him with a testimonial of its sympathy and good-
will." Dr. Calderwood, in seconding the motion, said he
considered that Dr. Paterson's character had been attacked
in a very extraordinary way, particularly by the profes-
sional papers. The motion was approved of. A committee
was then appointed, embracing the names of many eminent
medical gentlemen in this city. Doubt was expressed by a
gentleman present as to whether a number of those names
in the committee would consent to serve upon it. It was
intimated that their names would not be made public till
their consent was obtained.

SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF CANUTE'S
DAUGHTER.—The most interesting archeological
discovery which has over been made in this neighbour-
hood took place in the church of Bosham a few days since
In continuing the restoration of this beautiful specimen
of Saxon architecture some excavations wore made in
order to lay bare the bases of the columns supporting
the chancel arch, which are on a much lower level than
those of the arcade separating the nave from the aisles.
In laying bare these bases it was thought advisable
to extend the excavations a little, for it was just in front
of this arch that tradition has uniformly stated that the
youthful daughter of the Danish King Canute was buried.
Just below the level of the old floor a slab of stone was
discovered. Carefully the excavation was carried on, and
soon it was found, as had been already conjectured, that
this stone covered a small stone coffin. Every care was
taken, and the coffin was afterwards opened in the pre-
sence of the Rev. Henry Mitchell, F.S.A. (the vicar of
Bosham), his son, Henry Godwin Mitchell, Mr. C. Sturges
Jones (surgeon of Chichester), and Mr. Edgar J. Varlet'
an artist of some note. As soon as the lid, which was
seven inches thick, was raised, the form of the child
could be distinctly seen. The figure was 3ft. 9in. in height,
so that probably the child was not more than five years old•
The hand had been placed by the side of the body ; the
bones, although reduced to a vhite dust, could be very
clearly traced. The inside measurement of the coffin WAS
4ft. Sin. by 141-in. in width at the breast, 13in. at the head,
and 10in. at the foot. No jewellery or anything of the
sort was found ; probably the child was too young to be
buried with any personal ornaments about her. This ex-
traordinary discovery fully confirms the tradition that this
was the daughter of Canute, the form and plainness of the
coffin furnishing additional proof.—West Sussex Gazette.
CAPE-Mx-tbs.—PLYMOUTH, Aug. 10.—The Union
rt.
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B. Davie, left Plymouth on Thursday morning with about
.
67 passengers, mails consisting of 19 sacks letters, 84 sacks
papers, and 18 sacks books, for Ascension, the Cape, and
St. Helena. She takes out also a full general cargo.

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