The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-22 00:00:00

THE CASE OF MR. DIGBY SEYMOUR,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,--I am directed by the Masters of the Bench of the
Middle Temple to inform you that a copy of the judgment
of the Benchers in Mr. Digby Soymour's case, and copies
of the evidence and proceedings on which it was founded,
were furnished to Mr. Digby Seymour by the Benchers
before Mr. Digby Seymour made his address to his con-
stituents at Southampton.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
T. 11. DAKYNS, Under-Treasurer.
Treasury-office, Middle Temple, Feb. 21.

SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—Her Serene Higlin ess
he Princess Hoheolohe (half-sister to the Queen), accom-

-
panied by her son, Count Glechin, landed in the docks this
afternoon, at a quarter to three, from the royal yacht Fairy,
Capt. G. H. Seymour, C. 8., on their return from a visit to
her Majesty. They were received, on landing, by Mr. P.
Hedger, and Mr. J. Levy, of the dock company, and Mr.
R. Beach, of the South-Western Railway Company. The
Princess and her son left by the 3 o'clock train for Bucking-

ham Palace, and will take their departure for Germany on
Saturday. H.R.H. Prince Arthur, attended by Major
Elphinstone, Lady Bruce, and Major-General Seymour
(Equerry in Waiting to her Majesty), accompanied the
Princess to the docks, and retumed in the Fairy to Osborne.
Sir James Clark, her Majesty's principal physician, also
embarked in the Fairy for Osborne.

We are informed on good authority that Dr.
Rowland Williams has notified his intention to resign his

office of Vice-Principal, with the Professorship of Hebrew
at St. David's College, Lampeter, next Summer. The in-

come of the appointment is about £5OO, with a good house.
—Clerical Journal.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—We
are informed that Mr. J. E. M‘Connell, who has been for
so many years the chief of the locomotive department of
this company, has resigned his official connexion with it.
The causes of Mr, M'Connell's resignation have not at pre-

sent transpired.
ACCIDENTS TO WORKMEN.—The bill which Mr.
Ayrtou has laid before Parliament is one of considerable
importance to employers. The bill gives a right of action

against a master for damages to any workman or servant
(or to his family if ho is killed), in case of his being injured
in consequence of his master, " or any other person em-
ployed by his master," omitting anything proper, or doing
anything improper in the work that is to be done. The
only limitation is that a master is not to be liable for any
wilful act or omission of the fellow servant amounting to a
criminal offence.
WRECK IN CARMARTHEN BAY.-FERRYSIDE
Friday Night.—The clergyman of this place, who is the
hon. secretary of this branch of the Royal National Life-
boat Institution, writes as follows relative to a vessel which
had gone on the rooks near Carmarthen Bay :—" I have

just despatched the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Inst
tution to the assistance of a schooner, which within the las
two hours has gone among the rocks off the Worley Point,
at the mouth of Laugharne River, the wind blow-
ing heavily from E. S.E. The information of the
wreck was brought to me by the second cox-
swain of the lifeboat who saw the vessel going ashore.
Her sails had split, and she had become unmanageable, and
at once gat among the rocks, where the sea is always
breaking heavily. I believe she is the schooner chartered by
the owners or underwriters of the ship and cargo of the
Woodside, a vessel wrecked on Pendrin Sands, about three
weeks or a month ago, and was now laden with the wine
saved from the Woodside, To-morrow full particulars
shall be sent. In justice to the coxswain and crew let me
add that the lifeboat was despatched with very great
alacriiv."
THE LATE ROBBERY OF JEWELRY IN NOTTING-
HAM.-At the Nottingham quarter sessions, on Thursday,
before Mr. R. Wildman, Recorder, two men named George
Turner and Edward Jackson were charged with committing
a burglary on the premises of Mr, F. Gibbs, watchmaker, of
Nottingham, and stealing a considerable quantityofjewelry.
From the evidence adduced it appears that a few weeks ago
the prosecutor's shop was broken into and jewelry of various
kinds to the amount of £4O carried away. The robbery
was of a most audacious character, as the burglars must
have secreted themselves on the premises during the day.
The prosecutor did not sleep on the premises, and left all
safe on the evening when the offence was committed. A
few days afterwards the prisoners offered the stolen property
for sale to several persons, and this coming to the know-
ledge of the police they were apprehended. The jury found
them both guilty. Turner, who had been previously con-
victed, was sentenced to four years and Jackson to three
years penal servitude.
ROBBERY AT MR. SPURGEON'S TABERNACLE.-

On Wednesday night last some thieves effected an entrance
into the Metropolitan Tabernacle by getting, it is supposed,
through one of the windows on the basement floor of the
building. They were evidently on the premises for a consi-
derable time. There are boxes placed near every door for
the purpose of the congregation depositing weekly whatever
they may feel disposed to give towards the support of Mr.
Spurgeon's Training College for young men who desire to
become ministers. Several of these were broken open, and
whatever sum was in them stolen. The robbers also broke
open the secretary's drawers and abstracted £5 16s. Fortu-
nately they did not get the booty they might have had had they
known where the property that was in the Tabernacle was
kept. It seems evident they were disturbed in their depre-
dations, as spots of blood as well as matches and a candle,
were left near one of the chapel windows. The thieves lit
one of the gas burners in the secretary's apartment, and left
it burning. No clue as to the discovery of these sacrilegi-
ous burglars has at present been ascertained, and it is hoped
that the police will be on the watch to track their footsteps.
Every precaution will be taken by Mr. Spurgeon's deacons
to prevent the recurrence of such an affair in future, and
they hope that their efforts will be successful.
THE LEEDS INFIRMARY.—The _Medical Times
and Gazette says :—We have heard with much pleasure of
the great success which is attending the project of making
a new infirmary at Leeds. The subscriptions now amount
to very nearly £60,000. An ample site has fortunately been
found within the precincts of the town, on high and sloping
ground ; and it is intended that no trouble shall be spared
to make the new building as perfect as human ingenuity
can devise it, with the aid of the resources of modern sani-
tary science. The stagnation of trade by which the whole
of the North country is at present affected makes the noble
energy with which this project has been taken up, not only
by the merchant princes who give their thousands, but by
all classes in and about Leeds, the more conspicuous. The
workmen actually intend to raise £lO,OOO among themselves,
those of one firm having already given nearly £3OO. It
must be remembered that the subscription was commenced
no longer ago than November last, with a contribution of
1,000 guineas from the medical staff. Since that time the
work has been pushed forward in earnest, and evidently in
the right way. A committee of local men of business, in
which are included two of the medical staff, Dr. Chad-
wick and Mr. Teale, has been giving its time, as well as
its money, most liberally to this noble object. We need
scarcely add, that it has our most hearty good wishes.
THE PARANA STEAMSHIP.—The officers of the 2d
Battalion of the Scots Fusileer Guards who went out from
Southampton in the Royal Mail steamship Parana enter-
tained the commander and officers of that vessels at dinner
on the 22d ult., on their arrival out at St. John's, New
Brunswick, on which occasion Captain Sawyer was pre-
sented with the following complimentary address St.
John's, New Brunswick, Jan. 20, 1862. Dear Captain
Sawyer,—On disembarking from the Parana you must al-
low me, not only in my own name, but in that of the offi-
cers under my command, to.convey to you our thanks for
the admirable manner in which everything has been con.
ducted on board your ship during our passage from Eng-
land to St. John's, New Brunswick, which has been un-
usually trying, not only from its duration, but also from
the very tempestuous and severe weather, which we met
with during the greater part of our voyage. I cannot suf-
ficiently thank you for the unceasing care you have taken
of us throughout, as well as for the untiring energy and
watchfulness you have displayed, especially in the masterly
manner in which you extricated us from our difficulties in
the river St. Lawrence—difficulties which, I believe, no
ships have ventured to encounter at this inclement season
of the year. The coolness and skill which you displayed
on that trying occasion were, I assure you, the subject of
universal praise. I am induced to adopt this means of
addressing you because I think it right to put upon record
how much beholden to you we all are for your conduct
during our protracted voyage. You must allow me, in
conclusion, to thank you still further for the kindness
and courtesy which we have uniformly received at your
hands, which have contributed so materially to the har-
mony and comfort which have attended our intercourse
throughout. Wishing you all possible success and happi-
ness for the future, believe me yours very truly, J. H. E.
DALRYMPLE, Colonel Commanding 2d Battalion Scots
Fusileer Guards."

Canada, some twenty-five years since, was then
disturbed and unhappy, and as likely as not to be absorbed
in the republic, if, not relieved and comforted; but not
even this danger roused us. We knew and cared very little
about our American colonies ; we had no idea how to set
about helping them to consolidate themselves into a genuine
power, colonial or independent ; and it suited our mood
best, perhaps, to trust that events would provide for them-
selves ; that " Fate, or Providence, or something," would
shape the destinies of our later colonies, as it bad of the
earlier group. It apptared to some people that the
unhappy mode of severance of that earlier group from
the mother country should have taught us to take the
other case in time. It is true, we soon began to
govern Canada well, and to set her well forward on the way
to self,government : but we took no measure to unite the
several colonies in any kind of league, as a defence against
probable aggression from unscrupulous neighbours. For
30 years the neighbouring republic has been strengthening
and spreading, still expressing at intervals her intention of
annexing Canada when it suited her convenience. During
the 30 years those colonies have been growing also, though
leas conspicuously and less vigorously
than the republic ;
and now again we hear of
a movement to help them to
security at horo:,, to a closer and pleafa.nter intercourse with
thA
Another country, and, in this, to the best
preparation
for ultimate iudependence,—Once a Week.