The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-19 00:00:00

THE SVN, LONDON, I'HUBSDAY EVENINC4, JANUARY 19, 1865.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Jan. 18.

Her Majesty and her Royal Highness Princess
Helena drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by
Colonel Ponsonby. In the morning Princess
Helena rode on horseback, attended by Lady
Churchill.

Princess Louise went out walking,
Cardinal Wiseman's Health

The statement of the Weekly Register, of the 14th
inst., which has been copied by various newspapers
respecting the health of Cardinal Wiseman, was
correct up to that time. But on Sunday last a crisis,
involving considerable peril, suddenly occurred.
By Tuesday his Eminence was no longer in imme-
diate danger, and though since then he has been
progressing favourably, we regret that the reply
to this morning's inquiries was that he had not
passed a good night, and therefore is not quite so
well.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury are,
entertaining a succession of visitors at Savernake Lodge,
near Marlborough.. The Marquis and Marchioness of
Abercorn and Lady Georgiana Hamilton, and a large
party, are at present staying there.

The Marquis Conyngham has arrived at Slane
Castle, Ireland, where he will remain till the meeting of
Parliament.

The Earl of Shrewsbury has left Panshanger,
on concluding his visit to Earl Cowper, and has gone to
Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, the residence of the Duke
and Duchess of Sutherland.

The Dowager Lady • Napier has left Brown's
Hotel.

The Countess Delawarr is greatly improved in
health, and on Sunday last took out-door exercise, which
she had not done for two months before. The noble earl
and countess come to town to-day from the Marquis and
Marchioness of Salisbury's seat at Hatfield, on their way to
Buckhurst Park, Sussex.

The Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary
Stanhope returned to Chevening yesterday from Pan-
shanger, Herts, the residence of Earl Cowper.

The Countess (Dowager) of Westmorland enter-
tained a select party at dinner yesterday evening, at her
residence in Portman-square.

Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, who has
lately been slightly indisposed, is now convalescent, and
continues his stay at Clifton.

The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer
arrived in town yesterday afternoon from Hawarden Castle,
Chester.

The Hon. and Rev. Reginald Windsor Sackville
West arrived at Algiers on Monday se'nnight, from his
rectory in Sussex, in order to pass the winter there for the
benefit of his health.

MR. SIMS REEVES.—We have authority for
stating that the recent accident to Mr. Sims Reeves,
although still occasioning considerable inflammation, is not
of a serious nature, and that in a very fcw days our most
famous English singer will be able to resume his profes-
sional duties.

THE OXFORD DRAMATIC CLUB.—The tenth annual
ball of this celebrated amateur dramatic society took place
on Tuesday evening, at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St.
James's. About 450 of their friends were present, and danc-
ing was kept up until a very early hour, to the strains of
Jewell's celebrated band.

PRESENTATION OF A SILVER MACE TO THE COR-
PORATION OF MARGATE.--Sir George Bowyer,
M.P., on Tuesday presented, with appropriate ceremony, a
silver mace to the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Mar-
gate, assembled in the Town Hall. The mace, which is of
massive silver, and 3 feet 9 inches long, weighs 79 ounces,
and was formerly the property of the ancient corporation
of Kinsale.

THE YELVERTON MARRIAGE.—In the Scottish
Court of Session on Tuesday, Mr. Campbell Smith,
with whom was the Lord Advocate, applied that Major
Yelverton should be put upon his oath in relation to the
whole facts and circumstances connected with the marriage
which Miss Longworth alleged took place with her and
himself. The application was resisted on the part of
Major Yelverton by the Solicitor-General and Mr. Millar,
mainly on the ground that the granting of the aptdication
would require Major Yelverton to answer questions in a
way that might subject him to the criminal charge of
bigamy, and might imperil the status of his present wife
and the legitimacy of their children. The argument was
adjourned for a week.

MR. BAXTER, M.P., ON AMERICA.—Mr. W. E.
Baxter, M.P. for the Montrose Burghs, delivered an
address on Tuesday, at Blairgowrie, on the struggles in
America. He spoke in favour of the Republican party,
and the general policy of Mr. Lincoln's administration.
He considered the " terrific struggle" the consequence of
one of the most unwarrantable revolts in history; main-
tained that it was now, in point of form, as it always had
been in point of fact, a conflict between freedom and
slavery; and could not help saying that a sharp and deci-
sive end to the contest were better than the continuation of
a social fabric "which would debase and brutalise and
drive to atheism generations yet unborn." He considered
that the success of the revolt would be a blow to free con-
stitutional government. He had perfect confidence in the
ability of the statesmen and people of the North to bring
the question to "a most satisfactory solution ;" but it was
his view of the matter that " this daring revolt of the slave-
owners should be put down now."

THE OMNIBUS FEEBLES.—They are ofiboth sexes,
the female perhaps predominating. They never
Imow whether the omnibus is outward or homeward bound,
and, having got in at Charing-cross, begin, when we arrive
at Turnham-green, to express their wonder "when we
shall come to the Bank." They never can recollect the
name of the street at which they are to be set down.
" Deary me, Newland-street—no, not Newland, some name
just like Newland—Archer-street, I think, or terrace ;
don't you know it ? Mrs. Blethers lives at No. 7!" If
by chance they do know the name of their destination, they
mention it to the conductor when they get in, and then for
the whole remainder of the seven-mile journey, whenever
the vehicle stops, they bounce up from their seats, mutter "Is
this Belinda-grove ?" stagger over the feet of their fellow-
passengers until they reach the door, where they are wildly
repulsed, and fall back until they are jolted by the motion
of the omnibus into a seat. The women carry their money
either in damp smeary colourless kid gloves, round the
palms of which they roke with their forefinger for a six-
pence, as a snuff ccnnoisseur will round his box for the last
few grains of Prince's Mixture ; or, they carry it in a
mysterious appendage called a pocket : not a portion of the
dress, but, so far as I can make out from cursory obser-
vation, a kind of linen wallet suspended from the waist, to
reach which causes a great deal of muscular exertion, and
not a small display of under garment. It is scarcely neces-
sary to say that the Feebles never know the fare, that
they always want change for a sovereign—fourpence to be
deducted—that they constantly think the omnibus is going
to be upset, or that the horses have run away.—Dickens's
"All the Year Round."

HOW STOLEN GOODS TRAVEL.—Considerable
ingenuity is displayed by the thieves in conveying
their unlawful possessions from one place to another.
Hampers, clothes baskets, hat-boxes, carpet bags,
and brown paper parcels, containing stolen articles, are
carried by women dressed like servants, and by
honest and unsuspecting errand boys, and parties who
frequently have no knowledge of the contents of the
luggage. Stolen articles are booked regularly at the goods
station, and travel along our streets and railways in com-
pany with honest merchandise. A thief will occasionally
buy two or three pounds of cheese or butter, insert therein
a gold watch or a diamond ring, place the eatable upon a
plate, and the savoury commodity is safely carried along
the street under the detective's very nose, whose only
notion or desire concerning the cheese may be. that it would
make a nice rarebit for his supper. Thousands of pounds'
worth of jewellery have travelled the whole length of a
railway stitched up in a salmon or a hare. Some thieves,
it is said, once obtained, in the provinces, a large quantity
of jewellery, and devised a strange method of sending it
to the fence-master in London. They purchased a very
large Stilton cheese, scooped out the inside, filled it with
valuables, and then sent it off per goods train like any
other cheese.—Once a Week.
A WOMAN KILLED BY FALLING FROM A TABLE.
—On Tuesday an inquest was held at Birmingham respect-
ing the death of Mary Ann Cook, aged 41. On Friday last
the deceased was standing on a table to reach something
from the ceiling, and was stepping on a rocking chair, when
it suddenly gave way, and deceased sustained injuries in
the abdomen. Assistance was procured, and Mr. Moyles,
surgeon, of Islington, was quickly in attendance, but all
their efforts to save her proved unavailing; she never
rallied, and died on the following day from the effects of
her injuries. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental
Death.

" CooPEn."—The following passage from Every
Day Papers, by Andrew Halliday, London, 1864, ii. 257,
explains the origin of this mixture of stout and porter :
" Some brewers, who are jealous for the reputation of their
beer, employ a traveller, who visits the houses periodically,
and: Noggins
the various beers, to see that they are not reduced
too much. This functionary is called the Broad Cooper.
When the Broad Cooper looks in upon Mr. Noggins, and
trick
wants to taste the porter, and the porter is below the mark,
slyly draws a dash of stout into it. And this
is so common and so well known, that a mixture of
stout and porter has come to be known to the public and
asked for by the name of " Cooper."—Notes and Queries.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day).

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordnary and a Special Jury.)

CHETWYNI V. CHETWYND.
The hearing of this extraordinary case was resumed this

morning.

Sir R. Phillimore addressed the jury on behalf of the
petitioner, and dwelt on tie letters which Mr. Chetwynd
had written to the servant-maid, letters of a more familiar
character than those which he addressed to his wife. He
spoke of his acts of cruelty; and contended that the case of
the petitioner had been conclusively made out, while the
charges Mr. Chetwynd had brought against his wife had
entirely failed. He analysed the evidence of Mr. Matthews
and the other gentlemen with whom Mrs. Chetwynd was
alleged to have misconducted herself, and argued that it
completely exculpated her from the cruel charges which her
husband had brought against her.
(The learned gentleman's speech is likely to occupy the
whole day.)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day.

BOW-STREET.

THE CASE Or THE SHENAiDOAH.—Captain Corbett, late
of the Sea King, again attended to answer a charge preferred
against him by the Government of infringing the Foreign
Enlistment Act. It will be recollected the Sea King was
a fine and powerful steam-vessel, and on her leaving Lon-
don it was represented to the crew that she was bound for
Bombay. Instead of proceeding thither the Sea King was
taken to Madeira, where, it was alleged, she was transferred
to the Confederate navy, and re-named the Shenandoah ;
and Captain Corbett then made certain communications to
the crew, a portion of whom remained in the ship, but the
majority returned to England.

At the first examination some of the crew of the Sea
King were examined. Their evidence was to the effect
that they were led to believe that the Sea King was bound
for Bourbon and China, but on getting to Madeira another
vessel, the Laurel, was signalled, and on her coming along-
side Capt. Corbett told the crew he had sold the ship to the
gentleman who then came on board, and then told the
crew that those who remained would find it highly advan-
tageous, but that those' who refused would be conveyed
back to England. The witness said the gentleman who
came on board the Sea King at Madeira was dressed in a
drab uniform, with bright buttons, and gold lace on the
cuffs. When it was discovered that the vessel had been
transferred to the Confederate navy the crew murmured,
and then the defendant told them that the vessel was not
going to fight, but that she was intended merely to take
homeward-bound ships, and that if they met a man of war
they would have to fight their way out. Powder and guns
were afterwards shipped on board, and when the Laurel
left the Sea King the Confederate flag was hoisted aboard.
Alfred Hill, a seaman, this morning gave evidence to the
above effect, and in cross-examination he said he resided at
Poplar, and the first he heard of this 'case was the report in
the papers. One of his shipmates, a man named Webster,
first spoke to him about the matter. When the defendant
asked us to join the ship he said if we did not like to do
that he would send us home in the mail boat.

John Ellison said he resided at Poplar. He went early
in September to the Sailors' Home, and there saw Captain
Corbett, and signed articles for a voyage to Bombay and
China as Quartermaster. He was to have £3 a month. On
the 7th of October he sent his clothes aboard the Sea King
and joined the vessel. The vessel went down Channel,
calling at Deal, and from thence to the Start. We went
down Channel under steam and canvas. When we got to
the Start we put out fires, and went on. to Funchal, where
another steamer, the Laurel, was signalled. She afterwards
came alongside, and orders were then given to rig up the
main-yard to lift about three tons, as they were to ship
some heavy packages. Some lu.cl been lifted into the ship
when one of the cases broke, and he then saw that it con-
tained a 68-pounder gun. He also saw shot, shell, and
small arms in some of the other cases. The crew were
occupied till two o'clock in the morning, they having began
about four on the previous afternoon. After breakfast the
boatswain piped all hands aft. Captain Corbett was in
the saloon. He came out shortly after the crew went
aft, and there he was joined by a gentleman
in a drab suit, with strips on his cuffs. Captain Corbett
asked if all the men were aft, and he was told they were.
He then said, " Well, men, I've sold the ship," and he
pointed out the captain who waa to take charge, and then
said " That is the gentleman who is to take charge. You
men that wish to join this captain will give you good
money." We were to have £l2 to £l5 bounty. Captain
Corbett said it was a good chance for those who would
join, and those who refused he would take back to England.
He (witness) then said to Captitin Corbett, " You've sold
the ship, what have you done with the money ? The ship
must have been sold before she left England, and you've
brought us out here under false articles, and I want
some money out of you ; so you had better pay
us here, for when you get to England we may lose
you." He said, " Well, men, I cannot help it." The other
captain then spoke up ; he said, " I have come out to take
charge of the ship as a privateer to fight for the Confede-
rate Government ; any of you men who wish to join as
able seamen we will give £5 10s. per month, with £l6
bounty, and that will bo a good chance for you." He told
tho captain he did not wish to jcin the Confederate service,
as he belonged to the English navy ; that he had never
earned any money in the country, and that he did not wish
to take up arms for it. The caltain replied that it was not
in the country, only on the cast they were going ; he
(witness) told him he did not care, for he had done with
the ship. The defendant was present. One of the crew
said the matter of wages had better be settled by the Board
of Trade. Captain Corbett then went to the saloon, and
on returning to the de;ln he buttoned up his coat, and
running to the gangway, then said, "Well men,
I'm off, follow me." About eight of the seamen followed
him, but he returned and went into the saloon. He after-
wards went on the poop and spoke to a Naval :Reserve
man, named John Allen. He persuaded him to join the
ship.
Sir Thomas Henry—Persuaded him ! what did he say ?

Witness—He said, addressing Allen, " The best thing
you can do, Allen, is to join the ship. You will get £l4 a
month, and £2O bounty as second gunner of the Shenan-
doah. If you remain I'll say nothing about the Reserve."
Sir Thomas Henry—A Naval Reserve man is not allowed
to sign such articles.

Witness—No, Sir.
Sir Thomas Henry—The captain is bound to report him
if he does, is he not ? •
Witness--Yes.

The witness then went on to say that four of the crew re-
mained on board the Shenandoah, thereat left in the Laurel,
and he was finally sent home in a ship called the Calabar.
In cross-examination the witness said he saw the gentle-
man in grey clothes walk off the bridge of the Laurel on to
the bridge of the Sea King with a revolver in his hand.
John Allen, he believed, had gone to the West Indies on a
voyage. There were about 12 or 14 officers who came from
the Laurel, who must have heard the defendant urga Allen
to join the ship. The only seaman he recollected seeing
while the officers were speaking to the men was Richard
Savage. The witnesses who have already been examined
might have been there—he could not say, as there was
such a bustle on deck, trying to get the men to enter the
ship.
Charles Sell said he recollected the Laurel coming along-
side the Sea King, and the shipping of the heavy packages.
He went like the rest when the boatswain piped all hands
aft. Ho saw Capt. Corbett there. He said " I've sold the
ship. She's going to be a Confederate cruiser, and if any
f you like to join her, you can, as most of you are single
men, and you'll very likely make a good thing out of it."
He said if we did not go with the ship we were to follow
him. The defendant said we should have £4 19s. a month,
and £lO bounty. Capt. Corbett said the gentleman in the
grey clothes was the new commander of the Sea King. The
gentleman said the vessel was not going to fight ; she was
going to take prizes the same as the Alabama, but that if
they got jammed in a corner, they would have to fight
their way out. When the commander came on
deck in his uniform, he asked Captain Corbett
if he had many married men aboard. He replied
"No ; he had taken care of that when ship-
ping the men. Ho heard Ellison say he had signed for
a voyage to Bombay under the English flag, and he wasn't
going to sail under any other. He heard the defendant
afterwards say to the men who refused to join, " Well, if
you won't like it, you must follow me." He (witness) re-
turned to the Laurel.
Sir Thomas Henry—Did Captain Corbett ask you when
you were engaged whether you were married or single ?
Witness—No, but I heard him ask others.
Sir Thomas Henry—Where ?
Witness—ln the shipping office, but I can't tell the name
of any particular one that the question was put to except
the boatswain, and he is not now in England. When he
heard the question put he was standing behind a lot of
other men, who were all strangers to him.
The witness Ellison was recalled, and asked whether
he was asked when he joined the Sea King if he was
married or single, and he replied he was not, but he heard
some few observations made by Captain Corbett about his
not intending to leave any half-pay notes.
Sir Thomas Henry—That would apply to married men
principally.

Witness—Yes.
Mr. Sleigh—And to single men, also, I presume.

Witness—Yes.

John Webster gave similar evidence to that given
by the preceding witness, about the commander coming
on board the Sea King, adding, that he wore a gold
band round his cap, and had gold lace on his coat.
He then repeated the evidence already given, respecting
their offer to join the ship after it had been declared that
she had become the property of the Confederate Govern-
ment. The commander told the crew that the vessel was
only going to pick up sailing vessels as they were coming
home, not to fight. Previous to landing from the Laurel
at Teneriffe, Captain Corbett told the men, if any person
asked them questions when they got ashore, to say that
they were shipwrecked seamen, and that they had lost
their vessel at sea.
Mr. Joseph Date said be was a clerk in the General

Record and Register Office of Seamen and Shippers. He
produced the original articles of the Sea King.
Inspector Clarke said he went to Liverpool, armed with
a warrant signed by Sir T. Henry. He found the defen-
dant on the 4th of January, in his own house, at breakfast.
He told him who he was. He said he was an inspector of
the Thames police, and that he held a warrant for his (de-
fendant's) apprehension. He commenced reading the war-
rant, when Captain Corbett replied " You've no occasion
to read the document. I know all about It. I expected
this."

This evidence concluded the case for the Crown.

Mr. Sleigh, for Capt. Corbett, said he felt that that was
not the proper place to enter into a full defence. He, how-
ever, must be allowed to say that it did not redound to the
credit of the Government, that they having failed in their
prosecutions with respect to ships, now thought it proper
to come to the minor alternative of prosecuting individuals.
Captain Corbett had a full answer to all the facts, and until
the trial he hoped the public would reserve ther judgment.
Sir T. Henry then fully committed Captain Corbett for

Bail was taken for his appearance at the sessions.

MARLBORO UGH-S TREE T.

UNPROVOKED ASSAULT.—Mr. Edward Dinglar, of No. 8,
Foley-street, Portland-place, money-lender, was charged
before Mr. Knox with being drunk, disorderly, and assault-
ing Police-constable John Harris, 304 A.
The constable stated that about eleven o'clock last night
the defendant was ejected from the London Pavilion
Music Hall, Tichborne-street. He advised the defendant
to go away quietly, upon which he turned round and gave
him a severe blow in the face.

Mr. Knox asked the constable whether he gave the de-
fendant any provocation.

The constable said he did not. The defendant was
drunk.
Mr. Knox asked the defendant whether he wished to
ask the constable any questions.
The defendant said he was not aware that he struck the
constable. He had not the slightest knowledge of what
occurred.

Mr. Knox said the defendant had behaved very badly.
The defendant was ejected from the music hall, which was
no fault of the constable, and then when the constable ad-
vised him to go away, he gave him a severe blow. He
should fine the defendant 40s or 14 days' imprisonment in
default.

DESTROYING CLOTHING IN WORKHOUSES.—Two strong,
healthy-looking fellows, named George Williams and John
Clark, were brought before Mr. Knox, charged with de-
stroying their clothing in St. George's Workhouse, Mount-
street, Grosvenor-square. . .

Plowright, the porter of the workhouse, said that about
six o'clock yesterday evening, the "prisoners applied for a
night's shelter. It was given them immediately, and this
morning it was found that they had cut up their clothes,
one even cutting up his boots.
The prisoners, who were attired in coarse canvas slops,
introduced into the workhouse, with the view of deterring
persons from destroying their clothing—said they had
nothing to say.
Mr. Knox said if the prisoners imagined they could get
admitted to the casual ward of the workhouse, and then
cut up their clothes and be supplied with new ones they
were mistaken. It was downright cheating.
Committed for 21 days each.
CHARGE OF ROBBING A LICENSED VICTUALLER.—Mary
Gray, a shabbily-attired unfortunate, was charged before
Mr. Knox with stealing a breast-pin of the value of £lO
from the person of Mr. Henry Video; licensed victualler,
51, Dean-street, Soho.
The prosecutor said that about half-past one that morn-
ing he met the prisoner in the Haymarket, and she asked
him to go with her to the York Hotel, a brothel. They
went there, but did not stop, and they afterwards walked
down Regent-street, when the prisoner demanded £2 of
him, and because he did not comply with her demand she
knocked off his hat, and then stole his breast pin, of the
value of £lO. She then behaved so violently that he was
obliged to hold her till a constable came up, when he gave
her in charge.
The prisoner said that when she took the pin she said
she would keep it till the prosecutor gave her £2 which she
considered she was entitled to.
Kingston, 184 C, said that hearing cries of police he went
up, and found the prosecutor and prisoner on the ground.
Being got up, the prosecutor charged the prisoner with
stealing his pin. She denied having it, but he took it from
her hand.
Prisoner said she did not deny having it, but denied
stealing.
The constable said the prisoner denied having it, and
there was a woman standing by when he went up, and she
put out her hand as if to take it. The prisoner afterwards
said she only took the pin " for a lark."
In answer to Mr. Knox, Barnes, the gaoler, said the pri-
soner had several times been charged with being drunk,
but there was no conviction against her for felony.
Mr. Knox said he should remand her for a week, and if
no prosecutor was then present—which he did not think
there would be—he should discharge her, the prosecutor's
conduct in going to the Haymarket, then going to a house
with the prisoner, and afterwards walking with her, not
being very creditable to him.