The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-02 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONVON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, HU_

LAW INTELLIGENCE.--This Day.
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COMMENCEMENT OF TERM.

The commencement of Michaelmas Term was inaugu-
rated this morning by the judges of the Superior Courts
breakfasting with the Lord Chancellor at his private resi-
dence, Upper Brook-street.
At the conclusion of the breakfast their lordships pro-
ceeded in procession to the respective Courts at West-
minster Hall, where they arrived shortly before two
o'clock. There was a very crowded attendance in the
Hall to witness the arrival of the judges ; and
amongst the more noticeable circumstances were the ap-
pearance of the Lord Chief Justice of England, Sir A.
Cockburn, in the procession, the warm reception awarded
to Mr. Justice Shee, and the enthusiastic manner in which
the latest elevation to the judicial bench, viz., Mr. Justice
Lush, was received by the assembly. The cheering as the
new judge made his appearance was of the loudest descrip-
tion, and fairly awoke the echoes of the ancient hall. His
lordship acknowledged the compliment by repeatedly bow-
ing as he walked towards his court.
The judges, having taken their seats, the business of the
court commenced, but the applications and motions related
to matters devoid of general interest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.
WESTMINSTER.

DOUBTFUL AFFAIR.ZALLEGEDTkOHBERY FROM THE
PERSON.—Jane Simpson a shabbily-dressed woman, 27
years of age, described as a tailoress, of 10, Avery Farm-
row, Ebury-square, Pimlico, was charged with stealing 10
guineas from the person.

Vim. Fryer, greengrocer, 65, Upper Garden-street, West-
minster, stated that at a quarter to 12 o'clock on Tuesday
night he was in the Artillery Arms, Rochester-row, West-
minster, and there treated the prisoner, and another woman
who was in her company. Subsequently ho and the pri-
soner came away together, to Vincent-square, where they
remained a quarter of an hour, when she, went away, say-
ing she would presently return. Immediately he missed
his money, which, a short time before, had been safe in
his jacket pocket, inside breast. Ho then sought to End
her till 3 o'clock, when lie wont home to bed, and next day
made inquiries as to her whereabouts, which led to her
apprehension.

In cross-examination by Mr. W. D. Smyth, the prose-
cutor, after much pressing, admitted that ho might have
been drunk, as he had been into several public-houses that
evening. There was no other person present during the
time they were in Vincent-square that he knew of, but
there might have been. He had his money safe an hour
before, and during the time he was in conversation with
the prisoner he changed his purse from his trousers to his
jacket-pocket. Ho told no policeman till 2 o'clock. He
did not attempt to take liberties with the prisoner, nor did
she repel his advances. He knew she was a married
woman, and he, at the same time, was a married man.
Police-constable 113 B proved apprehending the prisoner
yesterday in the Munster public-house, Pimlico, but found
no money on her.

Prisoner, who declared that there were two other young
women in their company who might have taken the money,
Mr. Arnold consented to take ono surety in £25, with
notice to the police for her re-appearance.

Naval and Military Intelligence.
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Her Majesty's screw troopship Himalaya, 3,453
tons, and 700-horse power, Capt. E. Lacy, was
paid out of commission at Portsmouth yesterday,
and attached to the steam reserve at the port to
undergo a thorough overhaul and repair to hull and
machinery, receive new boilers, and be completed
in all respects for recommission as rapidly as possible.
As, however, she has to pass through the usual
course of dockyard reckless spoliation, in addition
to necessary repairs, by which the cost of a ship's
refit is always largely increased, and often nearly
doubled, the time which must elapse before the
Himalaya will again be ready for troop service
will necessarily be greatly in excess of any esti-
mate that could be formed from an inspection of
her present condition. Naval officers who have
witnessed the paying out of commission of their
ships, and have afterwards visited the same vessels
in doci or basin when undergoing " repairs,"
acknowledge the habitual waste and extravagance
of the established " system" in our national dock-
yards. The Himalaya was paid out of commis-
sion under the superintendence of Capt. Francis
Scott, C. 8., and aide-de-camp to the Queen.
Silver medals and gratuities for long service and
good conduct were awarded by the Admiralty to
John Hodge, captain's coxswain ; Samuel Jarman,
sick-berth steward ; and John Dixon, corporal,
Royal Marine Light Infantry. The Himalaya was
commissioned at Devonport by Capt. Seccombe
on July 1, 1861, who was succeeded in the coin,
mand of the ship by Capt. Lacy on August 1,
1862. Since her commission by Capt. Seccombe
she has been once round the world, calling in at the
Cape, Ceylon, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, New
Zealand, and Ascension ; six times to Quebec, twice
to Halifax, once to the West Indies, once to the
Cape of Good Hope and the Mauritius, and seven
times up the Mediterranean. The distances she has
steamed and sailed and the fuel she has burnt have
been as follows :

Distance in Coals burnt.
miles. Tons. Cwt.
1861
1862 25,470
1863
1864' 28,664
1865 24,734

Totals
The-speed of the ship has averaged 10.2 knots per
hour, made at a consumption of coals of one ton for
every five miles of progress made. The immediate
cause of the Himalaya being paid out of commission
is the springing of her crank shaft pin in heavy
weather during her last trip to America, the injury
being caused, in the opinion of her officers and en-
gineers, by the " racing" of her engines. This is,
we believe, the third time that the ship's engines
have been disabled from the same cause, and, doubt-
less, now a remedy will be applied. Indeed, on the
occasion of the Himalaya's return to Portsmouth
from her last voyage but one the Admiralty called
upon Mr. Hamilton, the agent for the " Silver's
Governor," for an estimate of the expense and time
of filling the Himalaya's engines with this very
useful controlling power over the flow of the steam
from the ship's boilers to her cylinders. The
Himalaya possesses no controlling power of
the kind at present, and consequently, when
running before a heavy sea, she sets her
engines "racing" whenever she rises on the top of a
sea by lifting her screw out of the water and de-
creasing very materially the resistance to the engines'
revolutions. Under this condition the engines in,
crease their revolutions so suddenly and largely that
they cause their own destruction, as proved by broken
and damaged crank shafts. Nor is this all, for,
supposing the shaft and other portion of the engine
to escape damage, by the time the ship has again
descended into the trough of the sea the very steam
pressure that ought to be available in lifting her
again freely from the waters (and that would be if
the admission of steam to the engines were regulated
by a governor) has been expended in the rush to the
cylinders and running away of the engines, and• a
loss of power and of speed each time this process is
repeated is the natural result. The mercantile sea-
going marine has largely adopted the use of the
" governor" simply on economical grounds, and the
ships of the French Imperial navy are now each
ordered to be supplied with oue by order of M.
Chasseloup Laubat, the Imperial Minister of Ma-
rine.

A report has been current at Chatham during the
last day or two that Mr. Reed, the Chief Construc-
tor of the Navy, had tendered his resignation of that
post in consequence of the alleged dissatisfaction on
the part of the Admiralty with the reports of the
late trials of the paddlewheel despatch vessels Heli-
con and Salamis .when under steam at sea. The
rumour was more generally circulated on Tuesday,
when it became known that Mr. Reed had not been
at the Admiralty on the previous day. From in-
quiries made by our Chatham correspondent, how-
ever, we learn that the absence of the Chief Con-
structor on the day stated was solely attributable to
indisposition, and that the rumour, to which so much
importance was attached, was without the least
foundation. With regard to the trials of the ves-
sels named Commander Singer, of the Helicon, who
was the senior officer on board, has officially reported
to their lordships that the Helicon--which has re-
cently undergone some important improvements
from Mr. Reed's designs—steams a knot an hour
faster than the Salamis when driven at full speed,
and that her superiority becomes more apparent
as the roughness of the sea increases.
The Daphne, 18, one of the old class of sailing
vessels, attached to the reserve in Chatham harbour,
having been surveyed and pronounced unfit for
further service, was yesterday towed round to the
Thames, to be broken up at the ship-breaking yard
of Messrs. Castle and Beech, Charlton.
Her Majesty's iron paddle vessel Oberon, having
been thoroughly repaired at Woolwich, went down
the river for trial on Tuesday, in charge of Com-
mander Dillon, commanding the steam reserve at
that port, under orders to make the usual run at
the measured mile, but she was compelled to return
to Woolwich, her injection tube being choked up.
She then returned to the Royal Arsenal pier, and
shipped her guns (two broadsides, one 70-pounder
pivot gun, and two small boat's guns) and small
stores, and lashed alongside the Hebe hulk, off the
dockyard for examination and adjustment of defects,
and is ordered to resume the trial to-morrow.
Lieut.-Col. W. Grigor Suther, commanding bat-
talion of Royal Marine Light Infantry in Japan,
having been ordered home with his battalion, yes-
terday reported hiniself at headquarters, Woolwich,
on his return to England, preparatory to his ob-
taining-leave of absence. The Conqueror, 78, screw
steamship, Capt. W. G. Luard, in which the Royal
Marines left England for service in Japan, sailed
from Yokohama on the 24th of January next. On
the arrival of Colonel Suther at Hong Kong on the
11th of September no tidings had been received of
the Conqueror.. This was attributed to the pre-
valence of the monsoon, which had already set in,
and had most probably retarded her progress.
The following officers at Chatham garrison have
received orders from the Horse Guards to hold
themselves in readiness for embarkation to join the
headquarters of their respective regiments—viz.,
Capt. M. S. Morgan, 2d battalion 14th Regiment,
and Capt. M. de S. M. K. G. A. Clarke, 50th
(Queen's Own) Regiment, to embark at Gravesend,
on the 4th inst., on board the Liverpool, for Auck-
land, New Zealand ; Ensign R. B. Ward, Ist bat-
talion of the 12th Regiment, also to embark for
New Zealand ; and Capt. F. L. Eldridge, Ist bat-
talion 20th Regiment, to embark for India, to join
the service companies of his regiment.
Colonel Shaw, unattached, lately Superintendent
of the Invalid Depot at Chatham, yesterday took
up his post at Woolwich as governor of the Her-
bert Hospital, which, after repeated delays, has at
length been formally opened for the reception of the
Royal Artillery patients. The invalids were all
conveyed yesterday (175 in number) from the old
infirmary to the new hospital in covered omnibuses
and ambulance waggons, with the exception of two,
who were not in a condition to be removed. Three
new cases were also admitted into the new hospital
from the barracks, completing the average number
at this season of the year—namely, 180. The old
hospital will be forthwith dismantled, and will be
converted into headquarters for the Military Train.

The deaths of the following officers have been offi-
cially rep9rted at the War-office since the Ist of
October :—Lieut.-Gen. Sir John B. Hearsey,
Col. of the 21st Hussars ; Col. J. F.
Kempt, 12th Regiment ; Lieut.-Cols. A. C. Parker,
71st Highland Light Infantry; and G. E. Elrington,
sth Vet. Battalion ; Majors N. S. K. Bayley ; Royal
Artillery ; W.Skeene, 4th Vet. Battalion ; W. Castle,
Paymaster, Cavalry Depot ; Capt. and Adj. M. H.
Fitzmauriee, Royal Artillery ; Capt. W. Ferguson,
4th (King's Own) Regiment ; A. R. Close, 43d
Light Infantry (killed in action in New Zealand) ;
E. D. Oliver, 51st (King's Own) Light Infantry ;
A. B. K. Williamson, 78th Highlanders ; G. S.
Watson, 88th Connaught Rangers ; T. J. Gray,
4th West India Regiment ; and W. F. Webster ;
Lieuts. G. W. Johnson (drowned near Flacq,
Mauritius) ; C. C. Parkinson, Ist Battalion 10th
Regiment ; F. M. M. Mapleton, 88th Connaught
Rangers ; F. J. Hassard, 94th Regiment ; G.
Rogers, Adjutant, 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade ; W.
J. Gibson, Bth Vet. Battalion ; W. T. Buchanan,
13th Dragoons ; C. Hilliard, sth Fuslleers ; and W.
Calls, York Light Infantry. Ensign T. Waring,
50th (Queen's Own) Regiment (killed in action in
New Zealand). Paymasters W. Crawford, 2d
Dragoons ; and W. C. Bowden, 21st Dragoons.
Quartermasters 11. Kamptze, 11th Hussars ; J.
Johnston, 99th Regiment ; and T. Gorman, 105th
Madras Light Infantry. Inspector General of Hos-
pitals J. Barry, M.D. Surgs. T. Anderson, 3d
Regiment ; and W. Bain, M.D., 34th Regiment.
Assist.-Surgs. N. L. Gray, 2d Battalion 13th Prince
Albert's Light Infantry (accidentally drowned at
Flacq, Mauritius) ; R. W. Lawless, 23d Royal
Welsh Fusileers ; and P. O'Connor, Staff. Deputy-
Assist.-Superintendent of Stores, A. Wilkinson.