The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-16 00:00:00

111 E NA VY .

The whole of the vessels in the ship basin in Ports-
mouth dockyard were removed yesterday, and
placed at temporary berths in the harbour, for the
purpose of enabling the authorities to pump out the
water from the basin and No. 4 Dock, the floor of
the latter having been blown up by the pressure of
water under its sill from the basin, as reported in
The Sun of yesterday. The floor of the dock is
being lowered 5 feet, to a level with its entrance,
which was completed some months back. Messrs.
Absolom are the contractors.
The conversion of the Royal Sovereign, shield
ship, slowly progresses. A few workmen are em-
ployed completing her remarkably ugly but per-
haps useful stern ; a few more are at work about
her beams and a few odd jobs about her decks, and
some half-dozen have just begun setting up the
mould battens for the" pilot-house" forward of the
funnel. Whoever may be to blame, the ship's con-
version progresses at a wonderfully slow pace, and,
if no more energy is given to the work than exists
at present, the Royal Sovereign will make her first
essay about the time that the shield principle is
superseded by some other form.
The compasses of the screw steam frigate Severn,
51, Commodore F. B. Montresor, now in Plymouth
Sound, were adjusted on Saturday, and she will
leave shortly for her station, the East Indies. The
Severn takes out a new crew for the screw steam
sloop Pantaloon, 11, lately commanded by Com-
mander William R. Hobson.
Port Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, 1CC.8.,
having left Plymouth for a short time on leave of
absence, his duty devolves on Admiral Sir Thos.
Pasley, Superintendent of the Devonport Dock-
yard, who shifted his flag on Friday from the
Indus to the Royal Adelaide.
Letters received at Chatham yesterday announce
the arrival of her Majesty's screw steamer Cadmus,
21, 400-horse power, at Fortress Monroe, Hampton
River, on the 26th ult., after leaving Bermuda on
the 19th of August. The Jason, 21, 400-horse, on
being relieved by the Cadmus, sailed for Bermuda
on the 28th ult.

The Royal Oak, 50, 1,000 horse power, shipped
her iron lower masts in Chatham harbour yester-
day, and had them placed on end, a number of the
hands having been despatched from the dockyard
to assist in the operation.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—H. Yorke, master, addi-
tional to the Cumberland, for the Columbine ; W.
Eden, R. W. Watt, and W. Otoley have been nomi-
nated to naval cadetships.

The required number of volunteers for service at
Bermuda having been obtained from the several
divisions of Royal Marines, volunteering has now
been closed. The number of Marines to be de-
spatched to Bermuda will be about 100, the officers
selected to accompany them being Capt. F. W.
Thomas and First Lieut. J. R. Mascall, of the
Chatham division.

THE REPRESENTATION OF STOKT:-

UPON-7 RENT.

UPROARIOUS MEETING AT HANLEY.

Mr. Sergeant Shee held meetings at Penkhull and
Hanley on Saturday evening. On the first occasion
he was quietly listened to by some 700 or 800 per-
sons, while he delivered an address similar, as re-
gards the subjects alluded to, to his subse-
quent address to Hanley. The meeting at the
latter place was the most uproarious that the
present election has yet produced. At the outset
between 2,000 and 3,000 people were assembled in
front of the Saracen's Head Hotel, and in less than
an hour after the number had swelled to more than
4,000. All that the human voice seemed capable
of in the way of noise was brought into full opera-
tion, and when to this is added the fact of its rain-
ing all the time of the meeting, it may be conceived
that the meeting was one of an extraordinary but
not gratifying character,
Among Mr. Sergeant Shee's auditors were Mr.
Grenfell and several of his committee-men, who
stood on the balcony a short distance from the
sergeant.
Mr. Sergeant Shee, on presenting himself, was
received with some applause, but directly he be-
gan to speak there was a vigorous effort made by
several persons to create a disturbance. After two
or three interruptions of this nature the sergeant
said he could well understand why an attempt was
made to disturb the meeting. It was not conve-
nient to those who sent people there to make a dis-
turbance that he should say what he had to say.
(Confusion.) Among the tactics of "the Liberal
candidate" and his committee, one of the most
noticeable had been to declare from time to time
that he was sure of success. Accordingly he had
thought proper to publish, with his own name to
it, a positive assurance, in large characters, that his
canvass gave him certain assurance of success.
(Confusion.) When he recollected that a fortnight
ago, after the commencement of a partial canvass,
that gentleman said the Same thing, they might
judge what sort of credit he (Mr. Sergeant Shee)
attached to his last assertion of confidence in his
success. He did not believe one word of that
statement. (Cheers, groans, cries, and confusion.)
(Mr. Grenfell's) committee to
it might suit his
put that forward, but the truth was, that the
Liberal electors of the borough were still un-
pledged. No; they are not pledged to you ;
Grenfell for ever !" no, no, and uproar, which lasted
some time.) It was perfectly plain that a delibe-
rate arrangement had been made to disturb that
meeting. (No, no, and renewed uproar.) He
was informed of it in writing before he began
to speak. He was informed that a deliberate
attempt would be made (no, no) by per-
sons in the interest of Mr. Grenfell to disturb that
meeting (Mr. Grenfell and others.—lt is untrue).
If persons had been sent there to do that, he would
show them that he had a right to speak as well as
anybody else. (Cheers.) He could not (disturb-
ance, and cries of " Grenfell for ever ?") be beaten
by the trick of bringing a lot of colliers there to
disturb that meeting. (Renewed uproar.) He would
say nothing relating to Mr. Grenfell which he did
not fully deserve, but he would discuss and bring
before t.heir notice his misconduct during the last
week in order to satisfy them that it would be a
disgrace to them if they returned him to parliament.
(Cheers, groans, and confusion.) Mr, Shee went
on to say that Mr. Grenfell's explanation of the
charge brought against him of being concerned in
the employment of slaves in Cu ba was very lame.
It was very like the explanation he gave to Mr.
Hope, when he brought forward a charge which he
must have known was untrue, ang. which he had no
means of justifying whatevp
_tnid frequent in-
terruptions the sierra.
icised Mr. Grenfell's
speech at Stoke, o ay evening, when he (Mr.
Grenfell)
via*Filaceman, and (continued the ser-
geant)
he had come to get into Parliameenotninuoiornd7
to get a place. (Cheers, groans, and f
Having said all he had to say about Mr. Grenfell,
as that gentleman was on the balcony—(groans,
hisses, cheers, and cries)—he would ask him in their
presence, who told him—(a voice, " Nobody")--or
what authority had he for saying that he (Sergeant
Shee) was bribed by Mr. Hope—(cheers and dis-
tarbance)—to come there as a sham Liberal candi-
date? (Hear, and cries of" Answer," but no an-
swer came.) Turning to the end of the balcony,
where Mr. Grenfell had been standing, Mr. Shee
repeated the. question. (There was a pause, but
again no answer, and it was then discovered that
Mr. Grenfell had gone. This intimation only in-
creased the uproar which had been in progress for
sows time, and which was still further increased
when several opinions were hazarded as to his
whereabouts, and the sergeant emphatically re-
quested his re-appearance.) Mr. Sergeant Shee
continued—He will not Come ont. (Cheers and
renewed uproar.) I charge him with '
having made
that statement on no grounds whatever. (Cheers.)
Let him come not if he dares to refute it. (Renewed
and continued Accring). [An intimation came to
Mr. Slice that Mr. Grenfell had left the hotel. Mr.
Shee repeated the information, which was received
with laughter, cheers, and hisses.] Well, stop,
stop, continued the sergeant, he must have given
some information to his committee before he left,
and I see Mr. Taylor there. (Renewed uproar, and
At this moment Mr. Taylor and Mr. Grenfell came

on to the balcony, and were greeted with a volley
of cheers, hisses, groans, cries, and other vocal dis-
cordances, which created a perfect din that lasted
for some time; and cheers were given alternately
for Mr. Grenfell and Mr. Sergeant Shea.)
Mr. TAYLOR, advancing to the front, said—Here
is Mr. Grenfell. (This gave the upro 1r a new lease
of several moments' duration.)
Mr. Sergeant SHEE repeated his question amid
loud cheers and counter cheers.

Mr. GRENFELL—I never said anything of the
sort. (Cheers and groans.) I said this—(renewed
uproar)—that Sergeant Shee had broken his word
that he had given me in the morning-(further dis-
turbance)—and that the man who would do that is
not capable of holding a brief. (Continued uproar.)
I said—(renewed confusion)—and I think that was
—(increased noise, and several words were lost)—
and from his conduct and the correspondence of
which you have heard so much, that was a very fair
inference. (Great confusion.) I am asked the ques-
tion who told me so ? I say every man I met. (In-
creased uproar.) If he is not here to advocate Mr.
Hope's cause, what is he here fore ? (Further dis-
turbance.) He (Mr. Grenfell) said Sergeant Shee's
explanations were lame upon the subject of holding
Mr. Hope's brief. He would give them a list of the
ugly names Sergeant Shee had called him since he
had been there. He had called him " idiot "
(cheers and hisses)—" monkey "—(similar demon-
strations on the part of the crowd)—" loafer"
—(the same over again) and many other
names (confusion)—and he (Mr. Grenfell) only gave
way to his temper on one occasion, while Sergeant
Shee had done it perpetually. If he (Sergeant
Shee) liked to stoop to abuse, he (Mr. Grenfell)
told him again he was not the man to put up with
it without returning it. (Great uproar.) He had
made all the explanation that was necessary, and
he hoped Sergeant Shee would be able to do the
same in as good humour as he had done. (Cheers
and counter cheers.)
Mr. S. TAYLOR then came forward, but his re-
marks were inaudible, except a few words here and
there, in the horrible din which had now nearly
reached its culmination. From what we could
gather Mr. Taylor's observations were of a similar
character to those of Mr. Grenfell. The uproar
and rain, which was coming down heavily, pre-
vented his saying much, and amid the greatest con-
fusion the meeting broke up just after ten.

THE LAST LE77ER OF A. 111U.RDEBEli.

Taylor, on Saturday morning, shortly before he
was executed, wrote a letter to his wife, consisting
princpally of expressions of affection towards her,
interlarded with scriptural quotations. Shortly be-
fore his death he made a statement to the effect
that the children had been dead eight days, but he
never gave a hint of the mode by which they had
been murdered. The following is the letter:—

" Sept. 13.—Saturday, now 7 o'clock.

"My loving and beloved wife,—l rose this morning in
peace and quiet. I feel truly peaceful, and have no fear of
death. I feel as calm as though all was in its own course.
I have not one nerve of my whole system in the least state
of excitement. I feel truly pleased with your letter of yes-
terday; it was a source of comfort to me. May God give
you grace to carry out your good resolutions to the end of
time. Time with your dear and affectionate husband will
soon be no longer. I meet my fate with a calm resignation.
I can say, by the grace of God, ' Thy will be done.' I rose
this morning about half-past 5; dressed and washed, then
opened my Bible, and read the 94th Psalm. I opened the
book, and that psalm at the first caught my eye. I read it
twice ; it gave me comfort. Do you read it; it is most ap-
propriate for us; and then after I had read it I got on my
knees and opened out my whole soul to God for assistance for
this hard day's work, and I took you, my dear, dear creature,
in the arms of faith and prayer, with me to the throne of
grace. I felt much pleasure in praying for you. God loves
you. Do continue to pray to Him yourself. His ear is at all
times open to our prayers. He will hear 'on and bless you,
and He will conduct you to heaven to join with me and
our lovely family. Oh I my dear Pat, the tears did flow pro-
fusely while I was praying for you. I am happy about you.
because you feel able to reconcile yourself with your dear
parents. May God bless them with all the blessings of this
life, and when they have done with earth may they gather
up their feet and die in peace. And oh I my dear Pat, may
God make you a blessing to the whole family. May you be
their pride, and lead them in the path of peace and virtue.
You, my dear, have seen a little of the word ; you have had
a short experience of life, but never one has bad more, or
heavier trials to bear than you. Ours has been one con.,
tinned trial since we began life. Had it not been for that
feeling which God had implanted in our hearts, sorrow must
have overwhelmed us. lam pleased that you and Harriet
(his airier) have begun to love each other. You know, my
dear, that she is a good creature. She will do you good.
You will feel happy in her company. You will be able to
keep up a correspondence which will be a consolation to both
of you. I have sent her a lock of my hair by the same post,
and I herewith enclose you another lock. I had sent you one
before. Mr. Wright is here. Ho has told me he will look after
those things for you, and see you get all right. I do love him.
He is a truly good man. His motives are good. It is not
curiosity or gain that causes him to mingle in the manner
that he does with the suffering and afflicted part of man-
kind. I believe it to be a work appointed him by his Lord
and master, for he is so peculiarly eligible for such a work
of faith and labour of love. Godliness is profitable to all
things. May you feel it so, my dear wife, through life.
May God be your guide through life, your comfort and
consolation in death, is my earnest prayer. I feel no
reluctance in leaving the world. I can leave you in
the care of ray Heavenly Father; He will care for
you I earnestly prayed for you, and I feel assured that
we shall soon meet in heaven. I must now draw to. a
close and leave all the world to you. I have nothing more
of a worldly nature to say unto you that I can charge my
memory with just now. I leave all with you, and may
your own discretion direct your thoughts, and words, and
actions in this world aright. They have this moment
placed my breakfast on the table—bread and butter and
cocoa—my last breakfast. The sun has risen bright, and
pouring forth its rays on nature. But will not also the
Sun of Righteousness shine on our dark minds, and illumi-
nate them, and show you, my dear, as well as me, all that
may exist there, that is not in conformity with the will of
God. And may we both be enabled to root out all that may
be in our evil nature, that will prevent us enjoying the
pleasure of heaven to its greatest extent. I now commit you
to the care and protection of our God and Father. May He
guide you through life and be with you in death, and con-
-1 duct you safely to that place which He hath prepared for
all those who love Him. I herewith enclose you the letter
yon had from London; also five post stamps that I have
left of the 11 you sent me. What can I more say ? You
think my letter short if Ido not fill np all my space, But
what I say further must be of a spiritual nature. I see you
now with the eye of my mind, in deep, deep sorrow, and a
torrent of tears flow down those lovely cheeks. Would that
I could only wipe them for you, but that is beyond my
power. Fear not, God will—yes, He has promised that He
will—dry your team. I feel it. He has unbounded love,
unbounded compassion, unbounded mercy. Oh ! the con-
templation of such a friend. Such a God is good. It is a
comfort. May His grace be with you, and His Spirit, His
prayer 0
farewell,your loving and affectionate husband.
spirit, refst upon
farewell, farewell, to the end
you, through time to all eter-
cnoitmyf,otrstitnhge
makell one happy family in heaven.
wnilyfelove to . . .
May God bless you
of time.
m y
Gdeiavre
all with His free grace, give You all spiritual
mfaaryewe )and remain, with all love, my
and eternal
Ablgsessininglsh,itdhyateuaallll
very dear and affectionate wife, your loving and affectionate
husband, " IV. It. TAYLOR."
Mr. Fred. Bridges has published a craniological
report upon the writer of this extraordinary effu-
sion. He says :—" The formation of the head of
Taylor shows that his brain was malformed, and
that his irrational conduct was in strict keeping
with the type of his brain. The absolute volume of ,
his brain was about the average; and from the na-
ture of his temperament and his scrofulus habit, it
would act with great and protracted intensity. As
regards the formation of his head, the ear is placed
at an angle of 40 degrees in relation to the eyebrow.
The vertical depth of the base of the brain
from the
opening of the ear to a horizontal line drawn from
the centre of ossification of the frontal bone is 3 B'lo
inches. The width of the head over the ears is 6
6-10 inches. The vertical depth of the corona], or
region of the moral instruments of the mind is 1 8-10
inches. These measurements show that Taylor had
a basilar brain, and that all the propensities that we
possess in common with lower animals were in very
great excess over the moral feelings. The relative
geneiotheeen ntersas,tirtersa
rather a
size of the phrenological organs was as follows :
Amativeness,
large; philopro
iv
very
large large;
large ; ad
ah i t i vehneesysi s
nt, moderate;es9 ,
rather ;
marriage,
full; combativeness, large; destructiveness,
large; preservativeness, rather large ; alimentive-
nese, rather large; acquisitivenc:43, large ; secretive-
ness, rather large ; cautiousness, rather small ; love
of approbation, large; self-esteem, very large; bene-
volence, rather small; veneration, moderate; firm-
ness, large ; conscientiousness, small ; hope, large ;
imitation, large; marvellousness, average; humour-
oneness, full ; ideality, moderate ; sublimity, mode-
ra4; individuality, moderate; form, rather large;