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

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1865.

to, it was said that it was better to have a rise for in tarrying out their project, and it is a significant
two months than for the next two years. The frAct that the companies, in consequence (Me steps
best proof of the danger appertaining to railway recently taken by the Corporation, have announced
trucks, Mr. THOMPSON, who is the chairman of one that they will reduce the price of their gas at
of the largest railway 'companies in the kingdom, Christmas, and again in the Spring. The truth
stated that he would not, as a farmer, send any is that they have tried the patience of their custo-
cattle in the trucks except to be slaughtered. Sir merstoo far by not only charging them an exorbitant
G. GREY stated that he had heard of a case in price, but supplying them with an inferior article.
which some cattle were brought from Scot— The gas supply of such a City as London ought not
land and had no food or water for certainly to be an affair of private profit, and we
three days. No answer has as yet been are not surprised that the adoption of the report
s
given to his inquiries respecting the matter. The should have been carried by a large majority. The
cruelty of such a practice must be sufficiently ob- monopolists will share the ultimate fate of all
vious to all, and at this especial juncture it must be who seek their own interests at the expense of the
very injurious in its effects. Mr. TuomrsoN re- public, and we hope it will not be long before their
marked that the returns now made do not at all exclusive despotism will be finally and completely
represent the actual state of affairs respecting the broken up in all parts of the metropolis.
plague in many cases, for no mention was made of
the numbers sent to market unfit for food and too
youtig for the butcher.
Respecting the experiments suggested by the
committee, Lord GRANVILLE stated that a thousand
pounds had been entrusted to the commission which
was now sitting, in order that they might institute
all needful experiments.
It must be admitted that many and great are the
obstacles in the way of the Commission ; but at the
same time it does not seem that they are doing all
in their power to meet the emergency that has pre-
sented itself. Suggestions are constantly being
made regarding the cure of this dreadful disease,
but we do not hear that much heed is paid to them
by those in authority to deal with the matter. Such
indifference is to be lamented at a time when the
pestilence is destroying in the noonday its hundreds
and tens of hundreds to the loss and grievance of our
community. A despatch has been received from her
MAJESTY'S Consul-General at Odessa, which contains
some important intelligence respecting the cattle
plague, and is worthy of attentive consideration.
It appears that the plague which rages now in
England exists almost permanently on the " steppes
of Kherson," and Mr. GRENVILLE MURRAY has very
wisely caused inquiries to be made among the
peasantry concerning its treatment. " Inflammation
arising from cold," is stated to be the real origin of
the complaint in all cases, and some modes of treat-
ment are found to be efficacious; but the one most
in vogue st present is to throw the animal into a
"profuse sweat," and then to guard it from cold.
It seems that the particulars of this method coincide
in effect with Mr. URQUHART'S plan which he has
so strongly recommended already, and which has
not been yet put into practice. Even if unsuccess-
ful no harm would arise from its adoption, and, at
any rate, it would not be more fatal than the
pole-axe. It is worthy of notice that the chief
characteristics of the treatment, tolerably success-
ful in these places, are soothing and strengthening,
not violent, remedies. " Medicine is seldom pre-
scribed, but sometimes a little nitre dissolved in hot
water is given lukewarm during the sweat, or
immediately after, and linseed gruel, with gentian, to
excite appetite are also now and then administered
when the violence of the outbreak subsides."
All this seems very different to the stringent mea-
sures resorted to in this country in cases where re-
medies are employed, and some of our practitioners
might take a hint with advantage from these
foreigners as to the efficacy of a milder mode being
adopted. Cattle are not slaughtered to prevent
infection, we learn in this despatch, but many
measures are adopted to stop the spread of the dis-
order. One of these plans is very easy of applica-
tion. It is to place pots of tar here and there in the
cattle sheds or stables. We cannot have too much
information on this vital question, and it is to be
trusted that all possible attention will be paid to
suggestions that may prove of essential service in
a calamity which in some respects has had no equa
iu the memory of the present generation.

The large and continuous number of our street
accidents really call for something more than a mere
general expression of regret. In spite of all our
metropolitan railways, oar new streets, and other
devices for relieving the overwhelming traffic of our
thronged and ever-growing City, these accidents
keep at their high rate, and really add considerably
in the course of the year to our tables of mortality.
Whether, when the various metropolitan improve-
ments are fully carried out,' we shall find the
dangers of our highways and byeways decrease
may be uncertain, but there is reason to believe
that in the pursuit of the multifarious business
and occupations of such a place as London
there will always be a great liability to accident.
We cannot certainly expect that old persons and
children will cease to walk our streets, and it is not
desirable that they should be exposed to unneces-
sary risk, though the fault of the drivers is not of
course the same when the accident occurs to an in-
firm or incapable person. But out of three inquests
held yesterday on persons killed in the streets, two
were only middle-aged. In every case a verdict of
accidental death was returned, but that gives no
security that precisely similar accidents may not
occur to-morrow, and three more lives be sacrificed.
By far the best and most effectual method would
be to provide some means for foot passengers to
cross the dangerous highways. At the more im-
portant parts these passages might be made under
the road which could be very easily done, and which
would thus be permanent. Surely it is only rea-
sonable to take some precaution against this exces-
sive and continual loss of life, for we must remem-
ber, in addition to the fatal cases that figure in
the Registrar's Report or at the Coroners' Inquests,
that there are numerous accidents of a lesser degree
which involve much suffering and loss. We hope
that among the social reforms of the coming session
this useful and fully practicable measure will not be
overlooked.

Impostors and Dupes•

The citizens of London are determined to effect
a vigorous reform in a matter of great social inte-
rest and importance. They cannot, indeed, deal
with it at present beyond the precincts of the City
itself, but they are going to set a very praiseworthy
and sensible example to all who suffer from an un-
reasonable monopoly. The gas and water com-
panies hare lately come in for several sharp attacks,
and their arbitary reign seems drawing to a close.
After the true English fashion, we have all grumbled
but submitted to inefficient service at high cost, and
so long had this system gone on that the companies
for the most part refuse to listen to the most tem-
perate remonstrance. They hold in their hands
a ready means of punishing refractory customers
and of enforcing the prompt payment *of their
claims, since no one likes to be left in the dark nor
to be deprived of water. Pay first and complain
afterwards is the rule—a rule more pleasant and
profitable to the companies than to the public. The
hardships are especially apparent in respect to the
gas companies, which too often supply very inferior
gas, while they charge what price they like. 'Thanks
to the ingenious system of mapping out London
into districts, each supplied by one company only,
there is no means of appeal or redress. If the gas
supplied to a tradesman or a householder is
inferior in quality and dear in price, he can
do nothing but complain to the offenders
themselves. No competition keeps them up
to the mark, neither can the dissatisfied cus-
tomer turn elsewhere for a cheaper and more satis-
factory supply. Our good citizens are getting tired
of this system, and as the quantity of gas consumed
east of Temple-bar is something pretty considerable,
and the daylight in their domains is neither the
clearest nor the most lasting at any time, they have
certainly a good right to initiate a reform. Several
circumstances tend to render the City an especially
suitable area for making a new experiment ; the
system of municipal authority, and the wealth and
business habits of the citizens, removing a good
many of the local difficulties which would be felt
in other places. The citizens, in fact, have formed
the bold and comprehensive scheme of manufac-
turing their own gas, which there is very little
doubt they could do at a much lower rate, and of
a much better quality than by the present system.
A special committee was appointed last October to
consider the whole question of the City gas supply,
and the Chairman, yesterday, at the meeting of the
Common Council, brought up their report. The
Committee recommend that they should be autho-
rised to introduce a bill into Parliament to enable
the Corporation to erect works and engage for the
supply of gas to the citizens, for which bill they
have given the necessary notices. With a view
to the erection of the works the Committee have
examined a number of sites in the eastern and
north-eastern districts, and have selected one on the
banks of the Thames about six miles from the City,
having ascertained from scientific evidence that the
works might be erected at a distance of from six to
seven miles without any loss of illuminating power,
provided the gas were, in the first instance,
properly made. With regard to the probable
expense, they state that it would, including the
purchase of the land, be about £425,000. It
is worth notice that Mr. BONTEMS, the Chairman of
the Committee,:mentioned incidentally, in moving
the adoption of the report, that the profits of one
of the three companies who now supply the City
with gas amounted last year to £26,000 ! This is,
Certainl7la4 encouragement to citizens to persevere

LA TEST INTEL LIGENCE.

(REUTER'S 'TELEGRAMS.)

Miss Lon gwor

BELGIUM.
THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.

th and the Sat.

BRUSSELS, DEC. 8.

,urday Review.

The Moniteur Belge of this morning publishes
the following bulletin respecting the King's health:
"His Majesty remains to-day in the same con-
dition as yesterday.

(Signed,) " WIMMER,

" DE ROUBAIX.

The case of Longworth or Yelverton v. Beresford
Hope and Cooke was resumed at Edinburgh on
Wednesday morning at ten o'clock, in the J usti-

" Palace of Laeken, Dec. 7."

ciary Court-room.

SPAIN.

MADRID, DEC. 7.

The Correspondencia of this morning says it is
possible that the Court may return to Madrid on
the 13th or 15th inst.

The Lord Advocate said that before Lord Jervis-
woode charged the jury he wished to refer to a mat-
ter he had entirely forgot in his address, because he
did not attach the slightest importance to it ; but as
he understood it had been founded upon by the
other side, perhaps it would not be out of order to
make a single remark with regard to what was called

It also denies the rumour that the Queen is in ill

health.

THE CHOLERA AT GUADALUPE.

ST. NAZAIRE, DEC. 8.

The mail steamer from Mexico arrived here
brings confirmation of the news of cholera having
broken out in Guadalupe.

THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT.
FLORENCE, DEC. 8.

a charge of forgery, which he certainly did not find
in the record, which he did not find in the libel, and

which was not the subject of examination of the
pursuer when she was in the court. All he would
say was—" Here is the letter" (holding it in his
hand). If there was any alteration in it, the pur-
suer new nothing earthly about it, and there was
not a vestige of truth in the statement that she did
know anything about it. It was not founded on in
the court below, before the Lord Ordinary, or in the
House of Lords, for this simple reason, that nobody
who could read could doubt what the word was—
namely, possibilamente. He thought it did not make
the matter much better to make a second accusation
against the pursuer of forgery ; but that accusation,
like the others, was utterly without foundation.
The Solicitor-General said that the proprietors of
the Saturday Review, the writer of the article, and
those who were their counsel in the case, had no
knowledge of auy of the facts connected with this
matter except what appeared from the published
proceedings, and accordingly to the published pro-
ceedings alone he referred in the whole course of
his observatiobs, explaining that he did not consider
that it would be legitimate to refer to anythinv else;
and with respect to these letters he confined his re-
ferences to the opinions of the learned judges, quot-
ing especially the opinion of Lord Ardmillan in this
court, and the opinions of Lord Wensleydale and
Lord Chelmsford in the House of Lords. He had no
knowledge of the subject except what appeared there.
He thought it was quite fair to assent to the motion
of Mr. Smith, that the letter should be exhibited ;
but when the Lord Advocate said that nobody could
doubt that pos.sibilamente was the word which was
in the letter as it stood, he must ask his lordship to
refer to the marginal note on the print of letters :
" Major Yelverton's agents considered the words
here marked illegible' to be wholly illegible, while
Miss Longworth's agents say, Petting, sposa bella
mia.' "

In the election for President of the Chamber of
Deputies, Signor Mari obtained in the first voting
112, Mordini 82, and Rattazzi 79 votes. In the
second, the numbers were—Mari 116, Mordini 91,
and Rattazzi 76. At the final balloting, Signor
Mari obtained 141 and Mordini 132 votes.

The Lord Advocate said he understood there was
a direct accusation of forgery against the pursuer;
but he was glad to find it was never intended to in-
sinuate that.
The Solicitor-General—l intended to insinuate
only what had been said by the judges.
The Lord Advocate—The judges never said any-
thing of the kind.

Lord Jerviswoode then charged the jury. He said
that the original case commenced in this court under
two actions—one the action of putting to silence by
Major Yelverton against the present pursuer, and
a declarator of marriage by the present pursuer
against Major Yelverton. The result was a judg-
ment in favour of the pursuer of the present action
by a majority. In the House of Lords the judgment
was reversed by a majority of the noble and learned
lords. Then this action was brought into court at
the instance of the pursuer against Messrs. Hope
and Cooke, as proprietors of the newspaper called
the Saturday Review. The issue which had been
adjusted was, he presumed, in the hands of the jury;
and appended to the issue were passages in an article
which appeared in the Saturday Review. Now, ho
need not tell the jury, and there was no dispute about
it, that a newspaper was entitled to report the
proceedings in a court of justice in the ordinary
case where the court was open ; and they all
knew that that was done every day. But while a
newspaper and the publishers of a newspaper were
entitled to report the proceedings of a court, if they
went beyond the mere report of these proceedings,
and if they made comments on the report of the
proceedings of the court of justice, then he had to
state in law that they had no special privilege in that
matter. If they made comments on the conduct of
the parties, and if any individual conceived he was
injured by these comments, then it was a question
for the jury to determine whether these were fair
and right comments, and whether the publishers
were justified in making them. That was the ques-
tion for the jury, and the publishers had no privilege

as regarded that particular matter. lie had no doubt
that the jury would be of opinion that the articles

set forth in this schedule as taken from the news-
paper as an article which prima facie—that was to
say, at the first blush of reading it—detracted from
the pursuer's character. He need not read the article
fully, but there were statements in it which would
probably strike them as in some degree detracting
from the pursuer's character. There might be some-
thing in this article against Major Yelverton as well
as against Miss Longworth ; but with that neither
he nor the jury had anything to do. The case had
reference to Miss Longworth alone. Now, the first
part of the article was as much directed against the
Lord Chancellor as towards the case of Miss Long-
worth. His lordship then quoted several passages in
the proceedings in the former case and from the
correspondence bearing on the point as to whether or
not the newspaper was correct in saying that there
was no word of promise. Whether these letters and
statements referred to a promise of marriage or not,
it might be difficult to say ; but they certainly did
infer that there was a promise of some kind.
In the article there were some very strong expres-
sions ; where it was said that to " right-thinking
persons there is much in the terrible letters that is
simply loathsome." Now, the defence made on the
part of a newspaper on this subject was that this
was a legitimate comment on the proceedings in
this case, and these proceedings were so far before
the jury for the purpose of this action. His lordship
proceeded to quote various passages from the cor-
respondence which had taken place between the
parties, and the opinions of the judges upon them,
both in the Court of Session and the House of
Lords. He concluded by saying—Gentlemen, it is
for you to say, with reference to the whole of these
letters, whether you think the newspaper was war-
ranted in using these expressions as to the "interests
of morality," and so forth. I think it would be wrong
in me, after the very long and able addresses you
have heard, to detain you by going through all the
documentary evidence which has been submitted to
you at great length. The question which you have
to consider is whether the comments made by this
newspaper are fair, looking to the whole circum-
stances of the case, the position of the parties, and
the public discussion of the case within the courts
of justice, or are they the reverse ? Are they unfair
comments—such comments as you think the pub-
lisher or conductors of this paper ought not to have
made ? If you think them fair, you will give effect
to that view. If you, on the other hand, think the
newspaper has gone beyond that line, and has pub-
lished remarks on the pursuer's character which are
not warranted in the circumstances, then it will be
your duty to return a verdict for the pursuer. I
have no doubt whatever you will give the case full
and careful consideration, and will return such a
verdict as will be satisfactory to the country and to
all who arc interested in the matter.
The jury retired at half-past eleven. Their pro-
tracted absence sufficiently indicated the fact that
they were divided, as well also as the messages sent
from the jury to the court as to the manner of re-
ceiving a divided verdict. By recent statute, the
judge is authorised to receive, after the lapse of three
hours, a verdict for either party in which nine or
more of the 12 jurymen shall concur, but there is no
provision for receiving a verdict by a smaller majo-
rity than nine; and should nine or more of the jury
not concur in the verdict by the lapse of six hours
from enclosure, the judge is directed to discharge
the jury.
At half-past two the jury (having been three
hours absent) came into court. Their names were
called over by the clerk of the court, and the
judge put the usual question—Gentlemen of the
jury, are you agreed on your verdict ?
Mr. Robert Chambers, jun., chancellor of the jury
—We are agreed in a certain sense.
Lord Jerviswoode—What is it ?
Zir.Chambers--.We are equally divided, my lord;

six for the pursuer, and six for the defenders.
(Great laughter.)
Lord Jerviswoode—Well, gentlemen, I am very
sorry you must retire again, but I cannot receive
a verdict in that way. (A laugh.)
Mr. Chambers—lf it is your lordship's pleasure,
we will retire again, but so far as I see there is no
possibility of our coming to any other result.

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Lord Jerviswoode—l am afraid it is not a mat-
ter of pleasure with me. It is not my pleasure,
but my duty. You are entitled, after three hours,
to return a verdict by nine to three ; and as you
are equally divided at present, you must just re-
tire again, and endeavour to come to a verdict by
that majority, which you are entitled to do at any
time up to the end of six hours. (Laughter.)
Mr. Chambers—l beg leave respectfully to state
to the court that we have had no refreshments
yet. (Loud laughter, followed, by a burst of
cheering in court and renewed laughter, in which
the judge and counsel also joined.)

WINDSOR CASTLE, Thursday.

The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
Princess Helena, drove out yesterday afternoon,
attended by the Hon. Harriet Phipps, and walked
in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise.

Their Royal highnesses Princess Louise and
Princess Beatrice went to Greenwich-park yester-
day, and visited his Royal Highness Prince Arthur,
attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and Lieut.-
Colonel Du Plat, and afterwards honoured Miss
Hildyard with a visit in the Regent's-park ; after
which their royal highnesses returned to Windsor.

The Visit of the Prince and Princess of

Lord Jerviswoode—l am afraid I cannot hold out
that as an inducement to you to come to an earlier
verdict. (Laughter) I fear you must submit ;
there is no help for it.
The Lord Advocate—lf your lordship sees no ob-
jection, we have no objection to the jury getting
refreshments before they return their verdict.
Lord Jervisw oo de—Without the consent of parties
I cannot do that.

Wales to Lord Suffield.
GUNTON, Thursday.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, with
the noblemen and gentlemen forming the party,
went out shooting yesterday on the Suffield side of
the estate. The weather was not quite so favour-
able, and the birds were wild, so that so large a
head of game was not obtained as on the former
day. The number was 1,679, including pheasants,
hares, partridges, rabbits, and woodcocks. The
Princess of Wales and the ladies of the party joined
the Prince and• his brother sportsmen in the after-
neon. _ .

The Solicitor-General—l suppose the jury quite
understand that at the end of three hours more they
will be discharged whether they agree or not. If
they can agree within three hours so much the
better ; but there will be no more imprisonment.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Chambers—Oh, we quite understand that.
We also understand as to the majority of 9 to 3.
Lord Jerviswoode—Well, we will order refresh-
ments for you, gentlemen, and you will again retire.
Mr. Chambers—We are much obliged to the
Court. (Great Laughter.)
The jury were then reinclosed.
On the jury returning to the court at a quarter
past five,
Lord Jerviswoode said—l beg your pardon,
gentlemen, for doubting that you were entitled to
refreshments, for I have since seen, what escaped
my attention at the time, that there is an act of
Parliament passed allowing refreshments to be given
to juries while considering their verdicts.
_ _

After an interval of about five minutes,
The Clerk of Court said—Gentlemen, have you
agreed on your verdict?

The Chancellor—We have.
The Clerk—Then state it to his lordship.
The Chancellor—We find by a majority a verdict
for the defenders. (Hisses and applause.)
Lord Jerviswoode--What is the majority, gentle-
men ?

The Chancellor—lt is 9to 3. (Loud hisses.)
His lordship then thanked the jurymen for their
attention to the case, and the Court rose.
It is stated that a new trial will be moved for, on
the ground that the verdict was contrary to law and
evidence.

A dinner party took place at the hall last night,
during which the band of the East Norfolk Militia
played.
The Earl and Countess Spencer took leave of the
prince and princess, and proceeded to Norwich last
evening.
This morning the whole district is on the qui vice,
Lord Hastings's hounds being about to meet in the
park, and to be joined by the prince and princess
and all the party staying at the hall. To-night
there is to be another ball ; to-morrow, another
day's shooting ; and on Saturday morning their
royal highnesses will post across to Elmham and
take luncheon with Lord Sondes, proceeding thence
to Wolferton by special train.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, it is
expected, will shortly honour Lord and Lady Walsinghara
at their seat at Merton, in Norfolk, with a visit. Lieuten-
ant-General Hall will also be honoured by a visit from his
royal highness at his shooting-lodge, at Six Mile Bottom,
near Newmarket, in the course of the shooting season.
Lord and Lady Elcho and family arrived at their
residence in St. James's-place on Wednesday, from their
seat in Scotland.

Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Loyd-Lindsay have
arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Wantage, Berkshire.
Sir John and Miss Walsh have left England for
Cannes.

Sir Alexander and Lady Dixie and family have
left Farrance's Hotel for Bosworth-park, near Leicester.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, attended
by his suite, visited the Cavalry Barracks (now oc-
cupied by the Ist Life Guards) at Spital, near
Windsor, on Wednesday. The Prince drove to the
barracks in one of the carriages belonging to the
Queen's establishment, and reached Spital shortly
before 12 o'clock. Col. the [lon. D. C. Fitzgerald
De Ros and Quartermaster Allen received the
Prince and conducted him through the different
barrack buildings. Prince Christian having in-
spected the riding school and witnessed a ride, was
taken over the north wing and shown the im-
provements recently carried out by Messrs•
Myers, the contractors, the troopers within the
last week or so having taken possession of
their new quarters. The officers' house, facing the
green, was then inspected, and the Prince, after
lunching with the officers of Ist Life Guards, quitted
the barracks about 1 o'clock, and drove back to the
Castle.

The Admiralty having ordered a further trial to be
made of Capt. Cowper P. Coles's plan of applying
Roman cement to the bottom of iron ships, for their
preservation, at 9-ft. patch is being applied to the
bottom of the Tamar, screw iron troopship, Capt.
Frederick H. Stirling, uow refitting in dock at
Portsmouth.

Mr. G. IV. Beardslee, under whose direction the
recent torpedo experiments were carried on in Chat-
ham harbour, has been engaged for some two or
three days past at Chatham in making the prelimi-
nary arrangements for some further trials of the
invention on a much larger scale than on the occa-
sion of the last experiments.

The Icarus, 11,150-horse power, screw steamer,
fitting for the first division of the Chatham Steam
Reserve, has been taken into No. 1 dock at Sheer-
ness yard, where the work of fitting her will be pro-
ceeded with. Her screw propeller has been removed
for the purpose of making alterations in it.
The iron paddle-wheel steamer Oberon, 3,260-
horse power, has arrived in the Medway, where she
awaits Admiralty orders respecting the trials which
are to be made on board to test the working of the
boilers fitted on Capt. Cochrane's principle.
The annual competitive examination of the caw
didates for promotion at Chatham dockyard com-
menced at their establishment yesterday, and will
be continued to-day.

ThePallas, iron-cased screw corvette, 2,372 tons,
600-horse power, Capt. Matthew Conolly, which
arrived at Sheerness on Tuesday afternoon, was on
Wednesday placed in dry dock for the purpose Of
having two blades of her screw removed, in order
to increase the number of revolutions at which it
could be driven per minute. A large number of
workinenwere employed during the whole of the daY
and night, under the superintendence of Mr. E. J.
Reed, Chief Constructor of the Navy, in removing
the two blades. They accomplished the work by
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the water Was
immediately let into the dock, and the vessel success-
fully floated into the Medway. Vice-Admiral Sir C.
Talbot, K.C.8., commander-in-chief at Sheerness ;
Capt. Conolly, captain of the ship; Capt. Randolph,
of the Sheerness Steam Reserve ; Capt. Hall, super'
intendent of the dockyard, and a large number of
other officials were present during the proceedings.
After being undocked the vessel steamed out to the
Nore, where she anchored for the night, ready to pro-
ceed to the Maplin Sands to-day for her trial trip.
The Osborne, Royal paddle yacht, Commander J.
D'Arcy, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning
on her return to the port after conveying the Crow°
Prince and Princess of Prussia to the Continent, at
the conclusion of their visit to her Majesty.
The time-expired and invalided soldiers brought
home from New Zealand in the hired transport
Bombay were disembarked from the ship at Spit',
head on Wednesday, and forwarded to their severs.'
destinations—the invalids to the Royal Victoria'
Hospital at Netley, and the time-expired men t°
their regimental depots. The Bombay sailed fr°l3l
Spithead yesterday for London to discharge
cargo of New Zealand gum.
The Wivern, 4, turret ship, Capt. H. T. Burgoine'
V.C., is ordered by the Admiralty to be paid out ~1
commission at Portsmouth, and a similar order,
is expected, will be issued to her sister vessel,
at
Scorpion, Capt. Commerell, V.C., also lying ,s 0
Portsmouth. Capt. Burgoyne will, it is reported,
appointed to the Wolverine, 21, screw corvette, i
1,703 tons, and 400 horse power, now on the ICertlls..
America and West India station. She was coinull.o
sioned for foreign service by Capt. De HcrseY 1
May last. There is very much required to be d°111.!
on board both the Wivern and Scorpion in irnPr°
'
ing their general internal arrangements, fittings
_eci
and their habitability before they can be pronount'aci
fit for a lengthened occupancy by their officers 3d
e_
crews. For this reason, we presume, it has beell . 0.
termined to get each ship out of commission dur o
lu
the time the alterations are being carried out.

THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER BARBADIO"
Captain Graham, the chief officer, and several of the
Cre
of the Barbadian, which went ashore on Wednesday oats'
ing on the Blackwater Bank, and who took to the b°3'
had not been heard of at Liverpool up to a late hour I:it
terday. The gravest anticipations are indulged in, aD tio
is feared that, with the present stormy weather o
Irish coast, the boats containing the capt4illl th°
9faccr, haye wet with a sad fate.