The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDO.N, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST ], 1865.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

SHOREDITCH COUNTY COURT.
(Before Mr. C. Coleman.)

ACTION AGAINST A GENTLEMAN FOR DAMAGE DONE TO A
LADY'S SHAWL-PRIOR V. REED.

This was an action to recover 21s. Gd. for damage alleged
to have been caused by defendant's careless management
of a cigar which he was smoking on board one of the
Citizen steamboats on its voyage to Chelsea.

Mrs. Prior said—l am a married woman. One Sunday
recently I was a passenger with my husband on board one
of the Citizen steamboats which was going to Chelsea.
sat between my husband and defendant, who is a stranger
to me. He was smoking a cigar. I suddenly smolt some-
thing burning. I looked down and saw my shawl
on fire, and the defendant holding his cigar down
by the side of it. I showed him •my shawl,
and he said ho would rather give me ss. than have
any bother. This, of course, I declined to accept, and the
captain of the steamboat was called. Ho requested defen-
dant to give me his addrees, which was done.
The Captain of the steamer said—l was called to the
defendant, who was smoking a cigar in the after-part of the
vessel, which he clearly had no right to do. There are
notices up that no one is to smoke abaft the funnel. He
was appealed to by Mrs. Priori who showed me her shawl,
and being told of the offer of ss, I said Mrs. Prior had
better sue defendant.

His Honour—You have the power to summon defendant
for smoking abaft the funnel?

Witness—Oh, yes ; but I thought it was better for Mrs.
Prior to sue him.

Defendant then said that he did not believe it was his
cigar that had caused the damage. Mrs. Prior's husband
was smoking, and he might have thrown a fusee on the
shawl.

His Honour—Mrs. Prior, was your husband smoking ?
Mrs. Prior—Certainly not.

His Honour—What do you say to the offer of 55., de.
fondant ?

Defendant—l only offered it to avoid a scene on the
boat.

His Honour—You behaved in a very improper manner in
smoking in a prohibited part of the boat, and I think Mrs.
Prior has acted very properly in bringing this case before
the public. I shall find a verdict for the plaintiff, and order
you to pay the amount in a week. You can have the shawl
when the money is paid.
Verdict for the plaintiff, with costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

VIOLENT ASSAULT.—NARROW ESCAPE.—Edwin Dickson,
19, a painter, living at 97, Dean-street, Soho, was charged
before Mr. Tyrwhitt, on a warrant by O'Shaughnessy, one
of the warrant officers, with violently assaulting his step-
sister, Emily Tarrent.
The evidence of the prosecutrix, a young woman, was
to the effoct that while she was nursing her baby the pri-
soner, a lazy, idle fellow, threw a knife at her, the effect
being that she was wounded in the neck, and bled a great
deal.

In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the prosecutrix said she had
given the prisoner no provocation, but that he was always
threatening her that he would have her life.
The prisoner said he felt aggravated at something the
prosecutrix had done, but he was sorry he had hurt her.
Mr. Tyrwhitt told the prisoner that he might consider
himself very lucky that he was not at the Old Bailey for
murder. He should commit the prisoner for three months
with hard labour.

DISORDERLY- GENTLEMEN.-Mr. Henry Edwards, of 14,
Harrington-street, Harrington-road, gentlemen ; Mr. Geo.
Kiallwark, University Hotel, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-
square, gentleman, and Mr. Charles Williams, solicitor, of
81, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, were charged with being
drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner in Jermyn-
street, and Williams was further charged with assaulting
Police-sergeant Ward, 290 A.
Inspector Walker said that about a quarter to one that
morning he saw the defendants endeavouring to get admit-
tance to a refreshment house, in Jermyn-street, but the
Porter refused to let them in. He (the inspector) and a
sergeant went into the house, to visit it in the usual way;
Williams then wanted to know why they were not to be
admitted as well as the police. Ho told Williams he sup-
posed the reason why the porter refused to admit them was
because they were not sober. Williams then said they were
there to put down the brothels, and addressed a large num-
ber of persons who had collected, the other defendants
cheering him and crying out "Hear, hear," and "Bravo."
Finding the defendants would not go away they were taken
into the station, and while on the way Williams struck the
sergeant. The other defendants went quietly.
Sergeant Ward, 290 A, corroborated the inspector, and
proved being struck by Williams in the face.
Williams said he got a blow on his nose, which was not
very pleasant, and he might have given one in return.
Mr. Tyrwhitt fined Williams 205., or a month, and the
other defendants 55., or a week.

Gerald Richardson, 67, Portland-place; military cadet,
was fined ss. for being drunk and behaving in a disorderly
manner in the Haymarket.

Isle of Wight Railway.---This Day.
The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the company was
held to-day at the offices, 29, Groat George-street, West-
minster; Mr. J. Simpson, director, presiding.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said that
ho was desirous of affording every information to the
shareholders, and if there was anything in the report which
required explanation he would be most happy to afford it.
The Secretary then read the following report :
" The working of the opened portion of the railway from
Ryde to Shanklin has continued to be very satisfactory.
The number of passengers conveyed during the half-year
was .£89,958, and the receipts from all sources have been
£3,856 13s. Id. The expenses of conducting the traffic,
including the Government duty and rates and taxes,
amount to £2,242 125., leaving a net profit of £1,61415. ld.
as the result of the half-year's operations. To this must
be added the surplus profit from the broken period of the
pretrious half-year, amounting to £1,284 15s. 9d., giving
a net disposable balance of £2,898 16s. 10d. The in-
terest on the entiro debenture debt of the company for
the half-year amounts to £1,247 10s., and a dividend of
5 per cent. on the preference capital already issued, will
amount to £492 108., together £1,740. The directors re-
commend that this amount be charged against the profits
of the undertaking, which will leave a balance of £1,158
16s. 10d. to be carried forward to the credit of the current
half-year. Considering that only two-thirds of the rail-
way is at work, that the most important sources of traffic
are not yet reached, and that none of the summer travelling
is included in the last half-yea; the directors are
of opinion that this result is eminently encou-
raging, and holds out a fair promise that tho opening
of the whole line will amply realise the expectations of
the proprietors. The Engineers' Report attached, explains
the cause of the delay which has arisen in the conduct of
the works beyond Shanklin. The inability of the Con-
tractor to fulfil his obligations has been a source of con-
stant anxiety and much disappointment to the Directors ;
but under the new arrangements now completed, no fur-
ther difficulty can occur, and they rely with confidence on
the whole line to Ventnor being in profitable operation by
Christmas. The causes alluded to have also retarded the
commencement of the line to Newport ; but now that
they are removed, preparations are being made for pro-
ceeding ; and the Board trust that by increased activity a
portion of the time which has been lost may be recovered.
In the Parliamentary session just concluded, your directors
succeeded in obtaining powers to complete the system of
railways in the Island by the formation of a line of railway
from Newport to Yarmouth and Freshwater; thus the
whole railway system in the Island will come under one
united management, an arrangement demonstrated to the
satisfaction of Parliament (who rejected all the rival
schemes) as most conducive to the convenience of the pub-
lic and most economical to the shareholders. The capital
of the various sections is in the meanwhile entirely distinct,
and the pecuniary interest of the proprietors in the Eastern
section are in no way involved in the extension, which
must, however, prove of great value to their line. Out
of deference to the objections urged by the inhabitants
of Ventnor, who opposed the extension from the present
authorised terminus further towards .the town, it was
abandoned without the expense of a contest. The Act in
question also contained powers to raise a further limited
capital for the enlargement of stations, for an addi-
tional one, for more working stock, should the traffic, as
now seems probable, hereafter require it ; for the ex-
tension of the railway from the present station in
Moukton-street, Ryde, to Melville-street, as originally
contemplated ; and for general purposes. This extension
becomes desirable as the Ryde Pier Company have ob-
tained powers to continue their Tramway from the Pier
to join your line at Melville-street, thus obviating the break
which now occurs between the steamboats and the railway.
These facilities for a more rapid and convenient interchange
of traffic cannot fail to improve your returns to a much
larger extent than the interest of the expenditure necessary
to produce it. A resolution will be proposed to the general
meeting to exercise the powers thus conferred on the
company. Another Act, to which special allusion was
made in the last report, and to which the board
and the public attach considerable importance, was
also passed, giving the company power to pro-
vide and work steamboats ,in connection with their
railway. The powers are permissive only, and it is not the
intention of the directors to ask the meeting to take any
action on them at present. The existing service is notori-
ously inefficient, and has become more irregular since the
last meeting of the proprietors. Continued disappoint-
ments happen to passengers who are booked through to
the island, and its popularity as a resort of pleasure traffic
is suffering accordingly. With the large capital which the
company will eventually have embarked in the island a
service on which reliance can be placed is indispensable,
and any failure of the arrangements for the short
sea passage must seriously affect your interest. Should no
marked improvement be made, and more disposition be not
evinced by the existing steam boat interests to meet the
requirements of your traffic, it will become necessary to put
the valuable powers you have acquired into operation. In
tho meantime a slightly improved service has been organised
by the South-Western Railway Company vid Stokes Bay,
where the trains and steamers attend on and wait for each
other. In conclusion, the directors have only to express
their increased confidence in the undertaking, and their
belief that, when completed, the Isle of Wight Railway
will become a very valuable property."
The CHAIRMAN then moved the adoption of the report
and the statement of accounts. Ho said that he did not
think that there was any circumstance in the detailed
statement submitted to the shareholders that required any
explanation. He would only repeat what he had stated on
previous occasions, that he and his brother directors would
be most happy to afford the shareholders all the informa-
tion in their power, and that their affairs were in a pros-
perous position. (Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving
the adoption of the report and the statement of accounts.
Mr. F. H. ATHERLEY (a director) seconded the motion
which was agreed to.

The meeting was then made special for the following
purpose—of authorising the company, pursuant to
" The Isle of Wight Railways (Extensions) Act, 1865,',
to issue either wholly or partly as ordinary, or wholly
or partly as preference shares, as the shareholders
may determine, the new capital authorised to be
raised by that Act, for the purposes of the company's eas-
tern lines ; and also to entitle the directors, so soon as they
can legally do so,to issue the further debentures authorised
by the said Act to be issued, for the purposes of the said
eastern lines."

Mr. MANN, a shareholder, stated that a gentleman who
was largely interested in the company was opposed to the
motion now submitted to the meeting, and ho felt bound,
as representing that gentleman, to enter a protest against
the adoption of the motion.

After some irregular conversation, it was decided that
the special meeting should stand adjourned until the 29th
instant.

The dividend declared at the meeting was at the rate of
5i per cent.

The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the
Chairman.

THE LAW ON SMALL PENALTIES.—To-day an act
of Parliament, passed in the late session, to amend
the law relating to small penalties will take effect. Where,
upon summary conviction, any offender may be adjudged
to pay a penalty not exceeding £5, such offender, in case
of non-payment thereof, may, without any warrant of dis-
tress, be committed to prison for any term not exceeding
the period specified in the following scaleunless the penalty
be sooner paid :—For a penalty not exceeding 10s. the im-
prisonment is not to exceed seven days; for a penalty not
exceeding £l, 14 days ; for a penalty not exceeding £2,
one month ; and exceeding £2 and not exceeding £5, the
imprisonment is not to exceed two months. The act is not
to affect the power of imposing hard labour in addition to
imprisonment in cases where hard labour might on non-
payment have been so imposed if the act had not been
passed. It is to apply to penalties including costs recover-
able in a summary manner under any act passed before or
after the commencement of the same. The act, which is
only to extend to England, is not to apply to penalties
under revenue acts.

ANDREA FERARA.—
According to this history,
Ferara was a Spanish artist, and in the height of
his celebrity had an apprentice, who was an excellent
workman, and possessed a high spirit of emulation to per-
fect his skill in the service of so great a master. His am-
bition, however, was disappointed by the habitude of An-
drea, that when the blades werei4 a certain state of forging
he excluded the workmen, and locked the door of the
atelier while he performed soma unknown operation,
after which he again admitted the assistants to
finish the blades which were in progress. The
apprentice was persuaded that this seclusion con-
cealed some occult process which essentially effected
the perfection of the arms. Anxious to possess this im-
portant secret, upon the first absence of his master, he
bored a hole in the door of the atelier, and at the next
occasion when he and his fellows were excluded, returned
alone to the smithy, and applying his eye to the prepared
orifice, discovered his master in the act of drawing a
heated blade from the forge. The lad watched with sus-
pended breath. Ferara laid the red steel on the anvil, and
taking from a bench a small tin like a flour-dredge, rapidly
covered the glowing metal with a coat of white
powder, which he then hammered into the iron until
it was cold, when he again returned it to the fire, and hav-
ing given the proper degree of heat, repeated the same ope-
ration of powdering and hammering on the other side of
the blade. This process was performed in succession upon
progress, until the whole- be-
all the weapons then in
ing completed Ferara laid down his hammer and
turned towards the door. The varlet perceived that
the mystery was at an end, and dreading to be sur-
prised, abandoned his eyelet-hole, and fled to his com-
panions, with whom ho was i▪
mmediately recalled to con-
tinue their vocations. The apprentice exulted in his dis-
covery, but he could not boast with the ancient sage—"My
secret is my own ;" and it escaped among his companions.
These youths, being less ambitious to emulate the skill of
their master than to vaunt the possession of his mystery,
their disclosures were soon repeated to Ferara, and one day,
when the inquisitive apprenti▪
ce was alone in the smithy,
Andrea entered in a tempest of wrath, and loaded him with
reproaches for having betrayed the secret of his art. The
young man replied with intemperance, and in the heat of their
altercation Ferara struck him on the head with a hammer
which he had in his hand, and laid him senseless at his
feet; the blow was fatal, and to avoid pursuit for the
homicide, Andrea fled the country, and escaped into
France, from whence, in an itinerant exercise of his pro-
fession—not uncommon in the middle ages, and still con-
tinued in the Wanderschajl of G.ermany—he passed the sea
into Scotland.—Ccrnhill Magazine for August.

Preparations, which seem to announce the ap-
proaching arrival of King Leopold, are being made at the
Palace of Ostend. Among others is an inclined plane
leading to the Belvedere, which is a favourite retreat of his
Majesty. An arm-chair on wheels will enable the King to
reach that spot without fatigue.

Fashions for August.

(From Le Follet.)

We have at last the satisfaction of informing our readers
that the eccentric costumes lately so much in vogue are
rapidly disappearing, to be replaced by elegant and lady-
like toilettes. For the past few weeks ithas been the fashion
to wear the most peculiar materials, made in the most re-
markable manner—anything so as to attract attention, no
matter how incongruous the articles forming the toilette.
So many ladies. adopted this manner of dressing that we
began to despair of their ever returning to anything ap-
proaching good taste.

The fashion of making promenade toilettes with the skirts
fastened up over very short petticoats is now totally dis-
carded; they are still worn looped up, certainly, but fas-
tened in such a manner as to admit of being lowered if re-
quired. Walking dresses are only so made when intended
for morning wear, and then the petticoats over which they
are festooned are only a few inches from the ground.
For toilette de visite, the dresses are .never worn thus
shortened, as the style of having one skirt looped over an-
other must not be confounded with the dress looped over
the petticoat ; as when the dress is made in the manner wb
have just described, the underskirt is cut quite to the full
fghgth, and forms a train at the back.
Morning toilettes are generally made en suite—that is,
dress, paletot, and petticoat cf the same ; the three being,
of course, trimmed to correspond with the skirt. A body
of foulard, alpaca, or muslin is generally worn under the
paletot. Nevertheless there always is a body of the same
material, in case of the paletot being required without
sleeves. These paletots are generally made with the sleeves
arranged so as to hook on to the armhole, the fastening
being concealed by an epaulette, in case of the white body
being desired underneath ; as the different sleeve showing
through the armhole of the cloak is only considered suit-
able for very young girls.

Morning dresses are made in any light material, such as
mohair, poil de chevre, percale, alpaca, and foulard. The
last-mentioned material is still in great request for toilettes
of all kinds, as there are so many different patterns and
qualities, that it can be adapted for any style or make.
When made in the materials we have mentionedsthe cloak
is of the paletot form, half fitting or quite tight, and is wom
quite short, and generally accompanied by a hood.
Muslin dresses are made with either a scarf or shawl, the
half-fitting jacket seldom looking well in such light mate-
rials, without it is lined with silk, as is generally the case
with white muslins. In another portion of this article we
shall describe the makes and trimmings of a few of these
dresses.

For more dressy toilettes, the highest materials possible
are selected—very fine Indian muslin, Chambery gauze,
tulle de soie, very fine poil de chevre, and light foulards.
These dresses aro generally worn over over coloured slips,
of either tarlatane or silk, according to the taste and age
of the wearer.' When the under-skirk is of silk, the upper
one is mostly looped up on each side of the front breadth,
so as to show the silk slip. Thicker materials, such as
silks, are generally made either with two skirts, or in a
style giving the same appearance ; for instance, the front
breadth trimmed with one flounce or more, and another
trimming down each side, which gives the rest of the
skirt the appearance of a tunic.

Skirts are made very full and very long, and the crino-
lines as large as ever. Some few ladies have discontinued
them, but there does not seem the least symptom of their
general decrease, excepting for balls and evening concerts.
On these occasions they we small below the waist, and
so very flexible that the least pressure will compress them
—so that they have none of the unpleasantness and incon-
venience of the more common makes.

Many bodies of dresses are made with a basque either
round the waist or merely at the back, and with the skirt
separate, so that it can be worn over the basque with a
band, and thus form two distinct styles of basque.
Loose bodies, of a different material from the skirts,
aro very much worn, andare made of foulard, alpaca, Llama,
and muslin. The foulard or figured alpaca, of the same
colour as the skirt, and trimmed with coloured buttons and
very narrow velvets, is very pretty. Some of these are
made with several loops of velvet fastened on the epaulette,
and hanging as low as the elbow. These bodies are made
either slightly fulled in at the waist, both back and front,
by a coulisse and cords, or tucked and stitched with some
colours. Some have flat tucks both back and front; others
merely in front, and drawn in at the waist behind.

The more drossy corsages of muslin aro made in a variety
of elegant styles, with lace or insertion. Many of them are
trimmed with loops of insertion down the front and round
the armholes. A coloured velvet or ribbon is passed through
these loops, and a band or sash with long broad ends ac-
companies the body. The sleeves are either of the form
called " Bishop," and set into an embroidered poignet, or
puffed all the way down. Some are made of the coat-sleeve
shape and trimmed round the wrist.
We have seen several corselets made of fine linen and
trimmed either with braid, or crossway pieces of coloured
linen double stitched on. Now that almost every house-
hold possesses a sowing machine, these trimmings are very
easily and quickly made.

The narrow crossway bands of coloured washing linen,
or fine gingham, are also much used for trimmings on
white petticoats. We have seen one with two narrow
fluted flounces, edged with a pink band. Above them were
seven veil• narrow tucks, and crossway bands of pink ging-
ham stitched on in the form of diamonds, at equal distance
on the tucks. Those pettiCoats trimmed with black in this
way are most useful and economical, as they can be worn
with any coloured dresses.

When worn with transparent dresses, the petticoats are
made with fluted flounces, headdd with lace insertions,
under which a coloured ribbon to match the dress is
Passed.

For morning wear the striped materials are the most
fashionable. Those intended to wash have trimmings
that can be easily removed and replaced. We have seen
several trimmed in different designs with black velvet with
a white edge ; in the centre are sewn white pearl buttons.
We noticed one petticoat of maize, with white and black
stripes, bound with black, without any flounces. Falling
over them was a band of black and white velvet about an
inch and half wide, from which hung loops of narrow
black and white velvet, and from them grelot hanging but-
tons, alternately black and white. Above the band of
velvet was a very handsome Persian cachemire trimming.
Blue is a very fashionable colour, though only suited to
delicate complexions and fair hair. We see many blondes
dressed in blue literally from head to foot, the very
gloves blue, but this has rather a heavy effect. When the
gloves are a pretty grey or stone colour, the ensemble is
much more elegant.

For ladies with dark hair, maize is a very fashionable
and becoming colour. Our dark-haired elegantes (among
which are included many of the most distinguee) are wear-
ing straw hats of the brigand or Diana shape, edged with
black velvet, and trimmed with maize and black feathers
or. flowers. One that especially attracted our attention had
rather a high crown, and the borders, slightly pointed both
back and front, were bound with black velvet; a.plain
tulle scarf was tied loosely round, the ends drooping be-
hind. In the front was a bunch of yellow tea roses and
small black grapes with frosted leaves. The scarf was
placed over some of these flowers and under the others.
With this hat was a drab veil, spotted and trimmed with
straw.

The Fanchon and Dutais bonnets are still the favourites.
Some of the Empire bonnets, with the high crown and stiff
curtain, seem to have been been invented as a warning to
show how ugly things can be made if carried to excess ;
when of a moderate shape, they are rather pretty. Cer-
tainly the chignon being worn so much higher than for-
merly, requires a peculiar shaped bonnet, but many of the
Fanchon shape are made so as to accommodate the fashion.

As to the different ways Of dressing the hair, it is
impossible to describe a hundredth part of their number ;
we can only refer our readers to the fashionable coiffures
and the fashion-plates.

The parasols are more elegant than ever, the handles
being very richly ornamented, and the body made of either
silk or satin richly bound, or covered with lace.
White is very much in favour for toilettes of all kinds.
The white alpaca dresses and cloaks, so much in vogue a
month ago, have become quite common at all places of
fashionable resort, and have, therefore, been discarded by
those ladies who do not care to continue a style after it
has been adopted by the mass. White foulards, with
coloured flounces or patterns, and white muslins richly
embroidered or trimmed over coloured slips, are substituted
for alpaca.
The foulards with coloured patterns make very elegant
dresses when trimmed with coloured silk rouches, or bands
of Cluny lace, over ribbon. For ladies of a more advanced
ago they are made with silk or chenille fringes, and tassels
of passementerie. The silk girdle cords make a very
pretty and simple trimming for a young lady's dress.
For out-door coverings, the Yak lace half shawl or
burnous is very fashionable. The silk grenadine circular
is also pretty, though, of course, not so dressy. The black
silk mantles, worn with dresses that have not mantles of
the same, are nearly tight fitting, short, and magnificently
trimmed with passementerie and guipure. The fashion of
fastening the sash outside is cetainly worn, but it is very
ugly, and-has an untidy appearance. The little double-
breasted loose jacket, cut up at the sides to the waist, and
fastened with large buttons is very distingu6e, and well