The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-23 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The hired transport Cospatrick, 1,-00 tons, Capt.
C. Scott, belonging to Messrs. Danbar,lfrom
nn Bom-
bay, Jan. 26, for London, passed up C ia , oft
Plymouth, on Wednesday. She brings Major Mur-
ray, Copts. Bray and Dickenson, Lieut. Itryincr,
Ensigns Fowls and Davis, Surgeon Mould, 203 rank
and file, invalids belonging to the 83d and other
regiments, 8 insane soldiers, 17 women, and 40 chil-
dren. Eleven soldiers died on the passage. The
Cospatrick rounded the Cape on the 24th of March,
and the sth of April arrived at St. Helena, where
she landed 12 men, 2 bays, and 2 women, supposed
to be natives of the Maldive Islands,
picked up, destitute, February 8, in lat. 00.40 S.,
long. 762 37, The Cospatrick spoke, on April 15,
in lat. 2.51 S., long. 20.27 W., the brig Jane, 35:
days from Falmouth, for Algoa Bay; on the 17th,
lat. 00.16 N., long., 21.27 W., the ship Marquis of
Argyle, 20 days from London, for Sydney ; and on
May 14, lat. 46.23 N., long, 16 W., the barque El
Dorado, 121 days from Tuticorin, for London.
Yesterday the 17th Company of Royal Engineers,
which has been augmented to 100 non--commissioned
officers ano men from the depot companies at head-
quarters, Chatham, assembled on the parade-
ground at Brompton Barracks, and having been

A correspondent of the New York, Times, writ-
ing from Fredericksburg, gives the following
ac-
count of the Confederate President :—" We have
had a curiosity here—no less a person than Jeff.
Davis's coachman, Wm. A. Jackson, a coloured man
byag
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lived
he is enabled to furnish us with some secrets of
State as well as to make us familiar with the natu-
ral history and habits of a rebel statesman. We
learn that President Davis lives very plainly, and
is reduced to drinking sassafras in the morning as
a substitute for tea. He has four children,Maggief
a daughter aged seven ; Jeff Davis, jun., about five
years old; Joe, a truculent little fellow of three,
and a baby rebel a month old last Christmas. None
of the children are allewed to eat butter, as that
commodity involves too great an expense. Jeff
rises between 8 and 9 in the morning and comforts
himself with a mint julep, sitting down to break-
fast and sassafras tea at teu. At 4 law takes a light
lunch of crackers and cheese, varied with an occa-
sional herring, dining magnificently at 7. His
dinner usually consists of St. Jullien soup, roast beef,
ashcake—Jeff is very fond of ashcake, Jackson says
—claret and sherry. Over his dinner Jeff grows
confidential, and converses with his family. Jack-
son has heard him complain that while he was mak-
ing plans for holding positions his generals were
engaged in preparing to evacuate them. The loss
of Johnston he regrets greatly, saying that he can-
not be replaced. Jeff's hopes of success are dwind-
ling down, and his wife seems to say little to com-
fort him. She remarked the other day at table that
she feared the Confederacy, to use a Yankee expres-
sion, was nearly ' played out ;' that if it was true
that New Orleans had fallen she cared nothing
for victories elsewhere. Nor does Jeff himself
like the fall of New Orleans. He complains that
it interferes with his plans regarding the navi-
gation of the Mississippi River, and will cost him
three States Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas.
It annoys him especially to think that all these
places should be surrendered without any fighting,
remarking, when General Johnston came to him to
urge the evacuation of Manassas, that it might be a
military necessity, but it would be the ruin of the
cause.' Nor can he digest the fall of Fort Macon.
In fact, we are warranted in supposing that, at pre-
sent, there is no more unhappy man in either the
Confederate or United States than Jeff Davis.
Jackson says that when news comes of a defeat he
stretches himself out on the floor before the fire, and
lies there half the night through, murmuring in his
uneasy sleep of battles and of plans. He is very
unpopular at present in Richmond, and Mrs. Davis
complains very bitterly that none of the citizens
call on her, except the few connected with the
Government, After leading them to believe that
he could do so much for them, he has done so little
that they now see in him only a grave deceiver.
Davis very much regrets the capture of Mrs, Green-
how, and expresses himself as anxious to catch a
loyal lady to exchange for her. And now the
story of Jeff Davis's coachman is told. Looking
over my notes, I find nothing omitted save the un-
important fact that the rebel President wears blue
jean pantaloons and a high silk hat; that he is in
bad, health, and fond of horseback riding; that
whisky is scarce in Richmond, and that in conse-
quence the whole country is one universal Rama.
Jackson goes north to spend the summer, and if
our President wants a coachmen I recommend him
for the place. Tr.e fact of hie,thaving driven Jeffer-
son Davis without breaking hi'a neck is proof that
he is entirely beyond temptation.

" C. H. W."

SERIOUs CHARGE.

On Thursday forenoon Mr. John Biddle Amy, a
highly respected underwriter and marine insur-
ance agent, was placed in the dock before Mr.
Raffles, the stipendiary magistrate, at Liver-
pool, charged with felony by the chair-
man and directors of the Victoria Fire and
Marine Insurance Company, whose head office
is in London. Mr. Deighton, barrister, who ap-
peared for the prosecution, said that the gentle-
men for whom he appeared were resident in
London. The prisoner at the bar was the secre-
tary of the company in Liverpool. He was paid
by a salary and commission, and the office
which he occupied here was rented by the company.
The London office was managed by a person named
Case, but he had recently been suspended in conse-
quence of certain frauds which had been discovered
by the directors. In consequence of documents
having been extracted from the London office, Mr.
Whitham, the chairman of the Board is London,
and two other of the directors, with the solicitor,
yesterday went down to Liverpool, and to the office
of the company, for the purpose of taking possession
of the documents and all letters and papers in the
Liverpool office. The prisoner was absent at the
time, but soon after came in. Mr. 'Whitham desired
him to open an iron chest in the room, the key of
which he had, but he refused to do so, and sent for
Mr. Pemberton, his solicitor. After an intervieNs:
between this gentleman and the directors and their
solicitor, it was agreed that the safe should be
opened and the papers taken out, but the prisoner
suddenly went to the safe and took possession of
the documents in it. He refused to give them
up, and rushed out of the office with them.
Mr.
Whitham followed him, and they had a struggle.
Eventually
papers,
statingho persisted
that
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up
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they wero private. Subsequently it was arranged
that Mr. Whitham should see them. They were
produced, and he had time to observe that they Were
printed with the company's heading, and in the
handwriting of the manager in London. A second
time the prisoner took possession of them,
uaffir
g and
n t
rushing to the door, handed them to some person'
outside, who took them away. Now,
he must sub-
mit to the Bench that, taking these facts in con-
nection with the conduct. of the prisoner, he thoughte
hitham Was then called and de-
fetehvlieodnßeyne.cnechi‘tiwor. w
m
posed to the facts stated. After a lengthened
cross-examination of this witness, Mr. Pemberton,
the prisoner's solicitor, contended that there was
no case for a remand. Mr. Raffles thought it
was for the
were his papers,
prisoner to show that they
In the absence of evidence to the
contrary,
he should hold that they belonged to
the company. After the examination of the clerk
of the prisoner, whose evidence was not considered
sufficient to prove that they were the private pro-
perty of the prisoner, the latter was remanded
tor a week, bail being accepted for his appear-
ance, himself in £5O, and two sureties iu £250
each.

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