The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-19 00:00:00

LAW IN TELLIG.ENGE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner ;Jazlitt.)
IN RE MANSELL AND ELLIOTT.

The bankrupts were auctioneers, in Cornhill, and this
was a meeting for last examination and discharge, but was
adjourned by consent until April 15, a composition of 10s.
in the pound having been accepted by the creditors at a
meeting, but the deed has not been completed.
IN RE RARTMAN.
This bankrupt was a merchant in Martin's-lane, and this
was a certificate meeting.

Mr. Lawrence appeared, and said that bankrupt was
supposed to be out of the country.
The case was adjourned for the bankrupt to apply again,
and pay costs of any future sitting.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr.)
THE LAW OF MASTER AND SERVANT.-IMPORTANT
CAM-BLRTLETT V. BOOTY.

This was an action to recover damages for wrongful dis-
missal, plaintiff having been coachman to defendant, who is
a gentleman of property, of Walthamstow.

Mr. Vann, of Providence-row, Worship-street, for the
plaintiff, said his client entered the service of the defendant
with a most excellent character, but after two months' ser-
vice he was summarily discharged.
_ _.

Defendant said he dismissed the plaintiff for great mis-
conduct. Some money was entrusted to the plaintiff with
which to pay a tradesman in the neighbourhood, and
although he got a stamp from the tradesman he withheld
the money for some time. This was not the only case of
the kind, and while defendant would admit that he had a
capital character with plaintiff, yet that had since been
qualified, and defendant felt justified in discharging the
plaintiff fur not paying the money in question, with many
other acts of misconduct. Defendant had paid into Court
£1 6s. 3d.

His Honour—You need not have done that, but having
done it, the plaintiff must have it. I hold that you were
ngall the wages the plaintiff, and that
justifiedplaintiff,
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forfeitedar
accord-
ingly due. _ _

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Verdict for defendant, plaintiff to have the money in
Court.

THE NAVY.

DEVONPORT, MARCH 18.

The Hind, screw gunboat, tender to the Russell,
left to- day for Falmouth, with a boat for the Russell
in tow.

A court-martial was held on board the Royal
Adelaide to-day, to try Wm. Lawrence, A. 8., be.
longing to the Revenge, for insulting Michael
a private Royal
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He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to receive 48
lashes, two years' imprisonment, and then to be dis-
missed from the service.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 18.

The Chanticleer, 17, screw steam sloop, Com-
mander Stirling, got up steam this morning, and,
after exchanging salutes with the Port Admiral,
Sir H. W. Bruce, left Spithead for Plymouth.
The Vigilant 4, screw steam sloop, Commander
Pike, left Spithead this morning fer the westward,
on a cruise.

, Second Master The Cuckoo, paddlewheel steamer
Long, went out of harbour this morning and pro-
ceeded to the eastward.

Captain Lord Gilford took up his commission this
morning, and hoisted his pendant on board the
Tribune, 31, screw frigate. Several of the officers
and men of the crew have already joined her.
The Frederick William, 86, screw steamship,
having had her valves examined and coppering
completed, will be undocked from No. 2 to-morrow.

CHATHAM, MARCH 18.

The iron steam frigate Resistance, 18, left Chat-
ham to-day for Sheerness. She was attended in her
passage down the river by the Adder steam tender,
Mr. W. Blakey, master-commander,
who acted as
pilot, and the Fearless, steam tender to the Formi-
dable, flag ship at Sheerness, Mr. G. Parrick,
master-commander. She will remain in Sheerness
harbour to-night, and to-morrow proceed to the
Maplin Sands, for the pupose of testing the work-
ing of her machinery; and on Thursday Mr. W.
Hemsley, master of the Wellesley, 72, guard ship
of ordinary at this port, will proceed to Sheerness
for the purpose of taking charge of the vessel, and
bringing her back to this harbour to be masted and
brought forward for the first division of the steam
reserve. The Resistance is much further advanced
towards completion than her sister ship, the De-
fence, was when she was floated out of the same
dock; and it is stated that, with ordinary energy,
the vessel will be completely ready for hoisting the
pendant in about two months.

A large body of workmen have been to-day busily
engaged in laying the blocks in No. .3 dock, in this
yard, from which the Resistance was floated yes-
terday, and it is understood that, if found practica-
ble, the Racoon, 22, screw corvette, 400 horse power,
will be taken in to-morrow, for the purpose of being
overhauled to ascertain her condition, and to make
good any defects which may be discovered.
A further supply of armour plates for the Royal
Oak, 50, 1,000 horse power, building in No. 7 slip,
have been landed at the dockyard to-day, from the
Thames Iron Ship-building Company.

WOOLWICH, MARCH 18.

Her Majesty's screw steam-sloop Rattler, of 17
guns and 200-horse power, was launched in a most
successful manner yesterday afternoon, from No. 3,
building slip at Deptford dockyard, under the
superintendence of Mr. Henry L. Peake, master
shipwright, and in the presence of several hundreds
of spectators, amongst whom were Captain Buckle,
R.N., superintendent of the dock and victualling
establishments, and several naval officers, and the
public were admitted to the yard without restric-
tion at half-past one o'clock, and shortly after two
the ceremony of christening was performed by Miss
Bowley, the daughter of an officer connected with
the transport department. When all was ready,
at a given signal, the dog shcres were removed, and
the vessel glided gracefully from the building slip
into the basin amidst the cheers of the spectators.
She is ordered to be towed to Sheerness dockyard
to-morrow, to be fitted with her engines and
machinery, which are manufactured by Messrs.
Maudslay and Co. Her dimensions are—length be-
tween perpendicnlars, 210 feet; breadth extreme,
32 feet 6 inches ; depth in hold, 17 feet 8 inches;
tonnage, 951.
Major Elphinatone, R.E., visited the dockyard
to-day, and communicated with Commodore-Super-
intendent Sir F. W. E. Nicolson, with a view to
ascertain if any steam vessel now in commission at
Woolwich vv ou! d be suitable for the accommodation
of his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, who, it is,
stated, will shortly proceed on a continental tour.
The Vivid and Princess Alice steam-vessels were
inspected, but were not considered in every respect
eligible for the service, and the Black Eagle,which
is now under
emxitgehntsiovte repairs.herwisehave been available,

THE SHEFFIELD MURDER.—This ease was
brought to a close at the York assizes yesterday. The pri-
soner Thompson was charged with the murder of a poor
woman named O'Rourke, who lodged with an operative
named Wastnidge, into whose fuse a kind of grenade was
thrown by a person connected, it was alleged, with one of
the notorious trades' unions of the town. Wastnidge was
what is called a " knobstick," and the grenade was flung
into his house as a punishment for his having dared to op-
pose the tyranny of the body which assumes to regulate the
conditions under which the operatives conneeted with his
department of the trade shall accept employment. The
n a verdict of not
deadly missile was, no doubt, intended for Wastnidge, but
he escaped,
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juryas ed mortallyretnr injured, and his
guilty; but we trust that the astounding disclosures
which have been made in the course of the trial will pro-
duce some effect in checking a brutal system of intimidation
which has rendered the name of Sheffield a byeword
throughout the kingdom. A startling illustration of the
violence of this reign of terror was furnished in the course
of the hearing of the case. gr. Knight, the house surgeon
of the Sheffield Infirmary, was called as a witness, but, on
entering the box, he said, " I can't answer any question in
this matter; I don't like the responsibility." As he per-
sisted in his determination not to answer the questions put
to him, he was ordered into custody for contempt of court.
Subsequently, however, he re-considered his decision ; and
after giving his evidence—which was a simple statement
that he was present when O'Rourke's deposition was taken,
and that deceased died from the effects of burns—he de-
clared that " he was really afraid of prejudicing the pri-
soner's case,"