The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-14 00:00:00

FRUIT.

TWO VOLUNTEERS BLOWN TO PIECES,

SEIELDS, FRIDAY.
A most horrible oceurrendo took
place last night,
about 7 o'clock, in the little seafort to" 511
of Blyth,
on the Northumberland coast, about 11 miles from
this town. After work hours, the Volunteer Artil-
lery Corps at that port mustered, and marched down
to their new battery on the sands at the north side
of the harbour, for practice with heavy artillery
of
,
and they were followed by a psiderable crowd
people to witness the practice.
"The usualnumber of men were toLl di to practice,
and several charges had en fired frou2 a 48-poun-
der, when Sergeant John Manners, a butcher, and a,
young man named Meggison, a clerk with Mr.
Watts, merchant and banker, were ramming the
last charge into the gun, when it fired upon them.
They unforinnotely
wero staniiing in the lin6 af
fire, and horrible to relate, they were both blr,-7.7tr,
away from the muzzle, and literally torn to
I.D.jeccE-
The scene that ensued was most awful--!he
volunteers and public being El Lt‘ a with horror, hir-InY.
people fainting with fright, end !Amongst thcra
several
ill. As soon the exciffnt could be ail:kycd.
volunteers, two or ;Um ilaving to be carried
home
and order restored, the remains
ten
of .11e
were gathered together.
com-
pletely blown to '
completely disembowelled. poor fellows
Manners' boc.'y was
pieces, and at a late hour i,".st night
one of his arms could not be found,
prevailed in Blyth until
, gg
The greatest conster-
nationa late hour last
night. The corps is known as the 3d Northumber-
land Volunteer Artillery, and is commanded
Watts, who was from home yesterday;
Me loon was
by Mr-
and the
firing party was in charge of Lieutenant Hodgson.
Last night was the first for practice at the new

battery.
nill op
we Word has been sent to tilt) Coroner for South
Northumberland, who, it is anticipated,
au in rill egt thin afternoon.

A PHYSICIAN'S syaRY.

A touch of romance may be permitted to enliven
the sober pages of medical record. The brilliant
hues of poesy gather round the story of a princess's
gratitude 1,1) her physician which has been awaking
the gobemouches of Paris and London to sympathe-
tic enthusiasm. A young lady of rank—a 31, ssian
princess—who had suddenly become blind froin the
the effect of exposure to the sunlight upon the snosw,
had been sent to Dusselderf to consult the Hofrath,
whose reputation as an oculist was so widely spread.
She was promised recovery in a milder climate, and
was sent to Palermo, where she improNed for some
time ; but undergoing a relapse, a young physician
was despatched by the great oculist to wire charge
at
the case for him, and report progress. Nis
tention was unremitting, and the result so far suc-
cessful that finally the lady was ordered to return to
Dusseldorf under his care, the eyes being bandaged
permanently until her arrival there. At the co onsul-
tation her eyes were unbanagd, and de-Jighte with'
the improvement in her sight, this demonstrative
princess " glanced wildly round the assembly and in
,
one moment, despite her still weakened sight, seemed.
to scan every countenance turntd with such interest
towards her own, and then, without a moment's hesi-
tation—as if impelled by a magnetic power stronger
than herself—she walked across the room towards
where the young doctor—her friend and companion
—stood, silent and trembling, concealed by the rest,
and, taking his hand, pressed it to her lips, and for-
getting all beside gratitude, the gazed upon him,
and burst into a passion of tears." We think we
have read something a good deal like this before ;
but, perhaps,it is the style only which is fictitious,
while the facts may be real. There is an amount of
circumstantial detail by which the story is authen-
ticated, as the marriage just celebrated between
the parties and the production of the play of
" Valerie" at the Theatre Frang propos of the
event ; and, at least, the story is best rovato. It is
pleasant to bear occasionally of grateful princesses,
and the recital is of course likely to stimulate young
physicians' to the most devoted attention—not atten-
tions—to all their patients. Outbursts of gratitude
are really much needed now-a-days in the relations
of the public to their medical attendautb. fcar
they are almost as rare as they are desirable.
Lancet.

THE LADY AND HER FOOTMAN:

In the Court of Session, Edinburgh, Mr. AV,
Johnson, civil engineer and patent agent, of Vernon
House, Dowanhill, Glasgow, recently brought an
action of divorce against Mrs. Frances Maria Vernon.
Smith or Johnson, his wife, on the ground of adul-
tery. The parties were married at St. George's,
Hanover-square, London, on 27th September, 1854,
and they thereafter lived at Great Kelviryterrace,
Lansdowne-crescent, ckin gham-terrace, and Ver-
non House, Dowanhißll,u Glasgow, and at Rothesay.
They also resided for short periods at Strone, and
Lamlash, and other places in Scotland, until 19th
September, 1861, and had three children, two of
whom are still alive. The pursuer alleged, and
it was proved, that having gone temporarily to
reside at Strone, in the county of Argyle, in
September, 1859, where they remained for eight
weeks, the defender committed adultery with David
The
Stewart, then footman in their service.
pursuer during this time was in the practioe of go-
ing to Glasgow almost every day of the week ex-
cept Sunday ; and during his absence
.his wife used
walked out with him alone, and was frequently alone
For several months afterwards
gross and improper familiarities with Stewart,
andparlourdur
iduring
the rdraoye,mf
for
oaf t
choenhs
iodues:
withwith hth
on their return to Glasgow, the defender continued
ime
dinootrhlocked,
this intercourse
able period at a time.
with Stewart. She was often seen
Ito kiss him and to have her arms round his neck,
and allowing him to kiss her and •
put his arms round
her. They were daily in the habi •
t of being alone
together in the di ' ning.room, drawing-room,
library, and other rooms of that house during
the day, and while the pursuer was absent from the
house attending to b •
usiness ; and Stewart was seen
going into defender's
bed-room, and was frequently
in it
with her alone ; and acts of adultery were
clearly proved. Thi •
s conduct was continued during
September and
October, 1860, at Rock Cottage,
Ardentinny, where the pursuer's family were tem-
porarily residing. From October, 1860, till May,
1861, in Vernon House, Dowanhill, Cilamgow, the
said defender carried on a similar course of conduct
with Andrew E.ellie Ireland, assistant draughtsman,
engineer, or iron shipbuilder, then residing in Mel-
bourne-place, Glasgow, now in England. Ireland
was in the habit of frequently visiting at the house
and remaining all night. The bedroom which he
occupied on these occasions was near to and com-
municated with the bedroom occupied by the pur-
suer and his wife, and it could be entered from
said bedroom without going into the lobby or stair-
case of the house ; and the defender woe in the
habit of going into Ireland's bedroom dulling the
night. She also frequently visited Ireton at hie
tailed alone.
lodging in Melbourne place, and hour. During
with him there for upwards of an ,
ursuer s family
the summer of 1861, while the P •
d was in the prae-
were residing at Rothesay, Irelan •
ouse, and remain-
tice of frequently visiting at the
theh
defender.
ing there during the night wi
the pursuer were the
The principal witnesses for
servants who were in the house during the periods
spoke distinctly to the acts
in question, and they r
and conduct alleged by the pursuer. Several
r to Ireland,
letters from elefende _ which I,i ere
n clearly showed the relation in
itercepted, also
which they stood to each other.
The defender alleged the crime of adultery
against her husband, and brought an act'on of
divorce against him.
The Lord Ordinary decided
that
Mrs. Johnson
had been guilty of adultery, and divorced the
parties.

71110NUMENT TO THE GROOM OF QUEEN VICTORIA.
—Messrs. Osmond & Son, sculptors, of this city (Salisbury)
have just erected, in Whippingham churchyard, Is ate
Wight, a monument, consisting of a cross on th,r, le
To the
and
,circle, with the following illsoroinaPti°lllB2:o7Groom to
memory of George Frederick Jones,
b
ps
dant during 13 years
Queen Victoria, and the faithful attel;ife
stone
is
erected,
of the Royal children, by whom t
1862."—.Era,