The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIING, A UGUST 2, 1865.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Registrar Murray.)

IN RE ROBERT ABRA.-A FAILURE THROUGH THE LATE

STRIKE OF CUBITT'S WORKMEN.

This bankrupt was described as formerly a general
dealer of Cromer-street, Gray's-inn-lane, now of Hammer-
smith, out of business, and to-day was appointed for proof
of debts. The claims already on the file are £220, and the'
cause of bankruptcy is stated to be " badness of trade and
the striking of Cubitt's workmen." It appeared that the
bankrupt's principal trade was with the various workmen
employed by Messrs. Cubitt and Co., and upon the recent
strike, the men being obliged to curtail their expenditure,
the present failure resulted.

Debts were proved, and the case adjourned.
(Mr. Registrar Winslow.)
IN RE CAPTAIN CtinGENTEN.

This bankrupt was described as a captain in the Military
Train, now stationed at Woolwich, and to-day was ap-
pointed for the adjourned order of discharge. The debts
aro £5,207, and the deficiency £3,043, the failure being
caused by the high rate of interest paid by the bankrupt
upon bills. The expenditure had been £7OO per annum
up to 1863, and £1,200 for 1864—such being considerably
in excess of the bankrupt's pay as an officer.
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The case was adjourned in order to afford the bankrupt
an opportunity of making some arrangement with his
creditors.

SIIOREDITCH COUNTY COURT.
(Before C. Coleman, Esq.)
THE CARRIAGE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS-FITZGERALD V.

THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

This was an action to recover £4O damages, alleged
to have been sustained by the plaintiff, who is a gentleman
of large property, and a J.P., residing. at Boulge Hall,
Suffolk, in consequence of the careless manner in which a
certain organ had been carried by the defendants, who
paid £lO into court, pleading never indebted as to the
rest.

Mr. Churchward appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Burnand
representing the company.
The evidence went to show that the organ had got wet
in transit, and the wooden pipes were so damaged that
the tone of the instrument was entirely gone.

"His Honour, in giving judgment, observed that in musi-
cal instruments, more especially organs, the tone was
everything. In this case it appeared that the company
had sent an organist to look"at the instrument after the
damage had resulted. Now it was quite impossible for that
organist to say what was its original tone. The plaintiff
had sworn that the original tone was very beautiful, and it
remained for the Court to say if, looking at the damage,
the .£4O claimed was too much. His Honour thought it
was, but that the company had also paid in too little. If
tho tone of the musical instrument was injured by a rail-
way company in the carriage, the company were clearly
liable in damages. Tho verdict of the Court would be for
£l5, in addition to the £lO in court.
Verdict for the plaintiff for .£25 (in all) and costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

DESPERATE ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—Catherine Robert-
son, of No. 30, Norfolk-street, Middlesex Hospital, was
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting
Harriett Hutson, a married woman, residing at No. 20,
Davies-street, Manchester-square.
The prosecutrix (who gave her evidence seated, she ap-
pearing to be in a very weak state, and her face frightfully
disfigured) said—Yesterday afternoon I went into the
Queen's Head public-house at the corner of Titchfield-
street with a man named Cox and had a glass of porter.
The prisoner made some remark about tailors, and I said
that one trade was.as good as another. The prisoner then
left the house, and as she was doing so she said to me " I
do not get my living as a common prostitute." I went
after the prisoner, touched her on the shoulder, and asked
her why she had said what she. had. I then returned to
the house, and just as I was going in at the door the pri-
soner struck me a violent•blow on the nose with a saucer•
My nose bled a good deal, and hung in pieces. I was very
faint, and was taken to the Middlesex Hogpital, when a
piece of china was taken out of my nose, and it was sewn
in three places. I shall have to attend the hospital for
some time to come.

Mr. Moses Abrahams, from Birmingham, but staying in
Riding-house-street, corroborated the prosecutrix in overt/
particular. A v•

George Himes, a young man, proved taking the in'osecu-
trix to a doctor's, then fetching a constable, and afterwards
going with the prosecutrix to the hospital.
A constable said that when he went to the spot the pro-
secutrix was bleeding fearfully from her nose. He took
the prosecutrix to the hospital and the prisoner to the
station.
The prisoner—l did it in self-defence.

Mr. Tyrwhitt—There is no answer whatever to the
charge. I shall remand you to see, what the result of the
injury will be ; but, under any circumstances, you will be
thoroughly punished.

Great Singing Festival at Dresden.

An epoch in the annals of German national fes-
tivals has just concluded at Dresden, after a dura-
tion of three days. The proposal for a confederate
singing festival, thrown out some time ago, was
accepted with such enthusiasm that no less than
20,000 singers assembled at Dresden, not only from
every town of Germany, but from different parts of
England, France, Russia, America, and even from
Australia, China, and New Zealand. The festival
commenced on the 22d, and lasted till the 25th July.
The visitors commenced pouring into the town on
the 21st, and Dresden was gaily decorated with flags,
representing the different colours of the German
States. The site chosen for the building in which
the musical performances took place was a large
expanse of flat land on the right bank of the Elbe,
at the foot of the lovely range of hills forming the
so-called Elbe Valley. The building itself was of
vast dimensions, being capable of accommodating
40,000 people. All around this monster music hall'
were strewn an immense number of refreshment
tents, station houses for fire-engines, porters, and'
even doctors. The first concert took place on Sun-
day,. the 23d, at 5 o'clock in thi), afternoon, when
the King and Queen, with the other members of the
royal family and the chief officers of State, attended.
On Monday, the 24th, the colours of the different
Sangerbunde were carried in procession from the
Mansion House to the Music Hall. There were no
less than 700 of these standards and flags of alfpos-
sible colours, bearing different devices and mottoes
in gold and silver embroidery. One can best esti-
mate the great length of the procession by stating
thatit took upwards of two and a half hours to pass
any point from which one surveyed it. The crowd
was tremendous and the cheering perfectly deafen-
ing. The people composing this army of singers were
of every possible class; noblemen, private• gentle-
men, composers, actors, students, teachers, lawyers,
doctors, farmers, respectable merchants,of all sorts,
carpenters, butchers, shoemakers, tailors, ' and
bakers. The 'second concert took place at six
o'clock that evening.

The last day of the festival, Tuesday the 25th,
was devoted by the singers to visiting the neigh-
bouring country and places of resort about Dresden.
Concerts and fetes of all sorts were given in honour
of the guests, who certainly ought to be pleased
with their reception, for, besides the public de-
monstrations of joy at their coming, the inhabi-
tanti of Dresden undertook to give the whole num-
ber of 20,000 men free board and lodging during
their five days' stay there—a plan by no means easy
to put into execution, considering that Dresden is
itself a comparatively small town, but which was
nevertheless accomplished most satisfactorily. The
King himself furnished room for- 300 singers in his
own palace, and all the other prominent personages
of the town likewise bore their respective share in
the business of providing lodgings for the visitors.
The weather, which had favoured the guests till
Tuesday evening, suddenly changed then ; a violent
thunderstorm came on unexpectedly, accompanied
by heavy rain ; it soon cleared, however, and to-
wards ten o'clock thousands of people streamed out
of town towards the Music Hall, where the singers had
assembled for the last time to sup together. The even-
ing passed cheerfully amid numerous toasts, speeches,
and songs, and terminated with a vote of thanks
to the inhabitants of Dresden for the cordial
hospitality and kindness shown in their reception
of the strangers. At 12 o'clock the bells pealed
forth and the guns of the garrison broke the still-
ness of the night by three salvoes. The assembly
broke up and the president declared the first San-
gerbundesfest terminated.