The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-21 00:00:00

No. 194.419,1

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1854.

PUBLICATIONS.

MONT BLANC.-CHRISTMAS HOLT-
DA.YB.—During the Chrl,tmas Week Mr. ALBEILT
SMITH will give his MONT BLANC, HOLLAND, and up the
BrAINE, every morning and evening, at Three and Eight (except ,
Saturday evening,) Stalls can be taken for any of the representa-
tions at the Egyptian Hall,
every day, from Eleven to Four.

going on briskly in many parts of the county of Devon.
At eter there are men belonging to the Royal Artil-
lery, Royal Marines, Coldstream Gnards, Bth Regiment
of Foot, &c., busily engaged in enlisting for their several
regiments ;
,and by the offer of an increased and liberal
bounty, and by dint of their exertions, a great many
men have been enrolled—especially in the three former
regiments. Earl Fertescue, the colonel of the Ist Devon
Militia, in addressing that regiment on Tuesday, told the
men that they could volunteer into any regiment they
pleased, but they were not to do so until an officer, un-
der the direction of the general commanding the district,
was sent down to take charge of ail volunteers. That
'arrangement had been made for the express purpose of
preventing the inconvenience that would arise from re-
cruiting parties coming among themen, and he (the noble
earl) would not therefore give a discharge until an officer,
so authorised, should come to take charge of them. At
the conclusion of the noble lord's address he was warmly
cheered.

MR. KNIGHTON'S NEW WORK.
Now Ready. in 1 vols., 21c, bound,

TROPICAL 7SKETCHES ; or, REMINIS-
CENCES of an INDIAN JOURNALIST.
By W. KNIGHTON, ALA., Author of " For,st Life in Ceylon."
Hurst and Blackctt, Publishers, ciccessors to Henry Colburn, 13,
Great Marlborough-street.
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TO TIIE Euccons OF THE CItY AND COUNTY OF

NOR WIC IL

GENTLEMEN, •
T Am cAlled. upon most unexpectedly ,to address
you, by circumstances which necessitate the termination of my
position as one of your representattves.
The Government recently desired my ativies and assistance !n pro-
moting the facility of transit in the Crimea, and I had no hesitation,
with my p trtne-s. Mr. Brassey and Mr. Betts, in devoting to it our
best energies; actin= simply as agents on.bebalf of the Government,
and withent the slightest pecuniary profit or benefit to ourselves!
In carrying cut -this arrangement, and during its continuance, I
find that, by a strict interpretation of the Act which incapacitates
Members of Parliament from being cemented in any Contract or
ComMisiion on behalf of the . Government, I may have brou;lit
inyi elf within the operation of its clauses, although I have not in
any way infringed upon the true spirit or mea log of that law.
If I absented myself from the Rouse, I should avoid any legal In-
convenience; but I feel that while such la•portant questions "are
under -consideratiog, I should he wanting in duty to 'you by such a
course, and I therefore feel no hesitation in returning to 3 on the trust
you have reposed lame; and this becomes the more imperative from
the indefinite time in which I shall be engaged iu carrying out those
duties I have voluntarily undertaken.
Be assured Ishall ever cherish the recollections of our association
with the greatest pleasure ; and though we ara, by an accident; no
longer connected as constituents and representative, 1 shall ever feel
the greatest interest in the prosperity of your city.
I am,Gentlemen,
Yours most fa.thfully,
S. MORTON PETO.

The depot of the 'B9th llegihient has been ordered to
proceed from Waterford to Limeiick ; and the _depot of
the 13uh at Clonmel is to give a company to Waterford,
a detachnient from which will be sent to Dungannon
Fort.

The following drafts arrived at Cork on Monday even-
ing, from Fermoy

.30th Regiment, 2 officers, 1 sedtant, 50 privates.
Bad PP 3 ~ 2 „ 95 ~
49th ~ 1
50th 0, 0 ~ 17
68th 'PP 0
The following arrived yesterday from Templemore:—,
41st Regiment, 2 officers, 2 serjeants, 107 privates.
47th ~ 1 PP 1 ~ 66 „
55th ~ 1 ~ 1 „ 38 PP
The following arrived yesterday from 13irr:
57th Regiment, 3 officers,-0 serjeant, privates,—
67th ~ 2- ~ „ 18 „
The above drafts are all tg,,embark in her Majesty's
ship Caesar, which left pewMport on Monday, tothe sent
to the seat of war. ,03-

NAYAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE:

The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw-ship, is expected
to come into Portsmouth harbour, to be docked and
refit. The flag, blue at the fore, of Vice-Admiral Sir
Charles Napier, remains hoisted, Sir Charles having gone
to town on official business only. The wind blowing
very strongly, the Duke has struck her topgallant masts.
- The Royal George has taken up moorings on the
south shore, up Sheerness harbour, near Blackstakes.
The Caesar, $l,. screw, Captain Robb, at Devonport,
came into harbour on Saturday last, and was on Tues-
day taken into the basin at Keyham, to make
,good
defects.

OLD COURT.

Blenheim, 60, screw block-ship, arrived at Spithead
on Tuesdey evening, and comes into harbour as soon as
she has discharged powder and shell.
Penelope, 22, paddle, Captain Caffin—Tho unfortu-
nate gunner's mate (Geo. Powell) died within two hours
after his reception at Hasler Hospital, Particulars of
the accident were given in yesterday's Sun.
The Odin, 16, paddle-wheel steam•frigate, Captain
Francis Scott, arrived at Woolwich on Tuesday from the
Baltic, and again went down the river a short distance
to enable the engineer department to report on the
state of her engines.
Intelligence has been received at the head-quarters
of the Woolwich division, to which he was attached, of
the death of Captain William Mackay Heriot, serving
as Captain of the Royal Marines in the Majestic, 80,
screw steam-ship. The gallant officer was Within 11 of
the number required to be promoted, when he would
have been raised to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He

died on the 11th jest, on his passage home from the
Baltic.

The Gorgon, 6, paddle,. Commander Crawford, came
alongside the dockyard jetty yesterday to receive a de-
tachment of Riflemen and stores for the Crimea.

APPOINTMENTS.

Masters—John P. P. Warren (1843), from the Leander,
50, in the Mediterranean and Black Sea station, has been
appointed to the Melanapqs troop-ship, at Sheerness ;
Frederick Krabbe (1851), to the Leander, vice Warren.
Assistant-Surgeon Robert Sproule, M.D. (1851), from
the Dee, to the Monarch, 84, at Portsmouth.
Acting-Assistant-Surgeon Richard Eusten, to the
Caesar, 91, screw steam-ship, at Devonport.

ARRIVAL OF ONE OF THE PRUSSIAN GUN-

BOATS.

One of the Prussian steam gun-boats, intended to be
given this country in exchange for the Thetis frigate,
arrived at Dovonport on Tuesday. Having saluted the
national flag, which was returned by the citadel, and also
the flag of the Commander-in-Ohief, Admiral Sir W.
Parker, which was acknowledged by the Impregnable,
guard-ship, the steamer came into harbour.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

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ficate he -would be the moat fortunate man that had ever
come to Basinghall-street.
His Honour said the question was had the bankrupt
denuded himself of his property in contemplation of
bankruptcy and absconded ? The case was one of a very
numerous class, that the Court must, if possible, check.
Having denuded himself of everything by means of a col-
lusive arrangement with a friend, an arrangement that,
the bankrupt having get through his difficulties, he
should berestored to his original place and position, he
had absconded. It mattered not whether the pro-
perty thus disposed of was much or little, It was the
duty of a trader to save all that he could for his credi-
tors. He had thought at one time during the bearing
of the case to have refused the certifi2ate altogether, but
he was always Unwilling to pass a judgment that
amounted to perpetual excommunication from trade.
The certificate of the bankrupt would be suspended two
years, and when granted be of the third class.
Protection was granted.
IN RE THOMAS WEBB.

The bankrupt was a distiller and corn dealer, of West
Ham, and connected in buines transactions with Da-
vidson and Gordon, to whose failure his bankruptcy is
attributed. His accounts commence October 31, 1853,
with a surplus of 16,1191., and close with unsecured cre-
ditors, 34,7781. ; secured, 5,000/. ; good debtors, 108/. ;
doubtful ditto, 44,9081. (this sum consists wholly of tke
bankrupt's claim upon Davidson and Gordon);pro-
perty at Jersey, 5,0011. ; ditto held by creditors, 4: 74 U.
This was the examination meeting.

On the application of Mr. •Linkl-ater an adjournment
was ordered, with a view to give time to investigate the
accounts.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—Dec. 20.

Francis R. Newton and William P. Newton surren-
dered this morning to take their "trial for wounding
Adam Stewart Kerr.
The facts of the case our readers are perfectly familiar
with, as they have frequently appeared in this journal
under the title of " The Murderous Outrage at the
Beulah Spa."
The jury returned a verdict of unlawfully wounding,
recommending the prisoner Williams to mercy.
At a later period of the evening they were brought up
and sentenced—Francis to nine months in Newgate,
and William to three months in the same jail.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Mr. Thomas Pottinger, of No.
9, Eastcheap, tailor, was charged with having used in-
sulting and abusive language, whereby a breach of the
peace might have been occasioned. Alderman Challis,
M.P., was the complainant.
Mr. Weston attended for the prosecution ; Mr. Gibson,
of Dartford, for the defence.
Chambers, the time-keeper of Gracechurch-street,
said—Yesterday, within ten minutes to four o'clock, I
was in Gracechurch-street, when the defendant called
loudly to me and said, " Where is a policeman ? There
is Mr. Alderman Challis, he wants to give me in cus-
tody, and that is what I want. I wish to show him
up." There were several persons following. A police-
man then came np, and I saw Mr. Pottinger given in
custody by the alderman.
Alderman Challis said—l was returning yesterday
front the Brighton Railway Station, at a little after four
o'clock, accompanied by my son, and as I approached
the centre of London-bridge, I met the defendant, who
appeared very pale and agitated, and said "I am glad
I have met you. I • knew I should -catch you." He
then said in a loud voice, "That is Mr. Alderman Chal-
lis, the greatest villaiii linhung, and that's his son walk-
with him. They are two of the greatest liars in the
kibgdom." The defendant appeared as if be wanted to
get near me, and I said to him, " It you want to pro-
voke me to commit.a breach of the peace, I'll give you
in charge of the police." He said that was just what he
wanted ; and that, if I did not do so, he would pull my
nose for me. Ho appeared to be very much excited,
and I thought ho was a little from his mind, and I be-
lieve he is. He then said he would look for a police-
man himself, and he went on seven or eight yards in
advance of me, and appeared to be looking for one.
It was necessary to walk extremely fast to prevent
a crowd from collecting, and we did so. On arriv-
ing at this side of the bridge, we met a file of policemen,
and I asked them if they ware on duty. One of them
remained, and the defendant said to him, "Alder-
man Challis wants to give me in charge ; here I am,
quite ready to be given in charge." I said to the po-
liceman, "If you take him to the station-house, I'll go
there and make the charge before the inspector." At
the station-house I stated what I have just mentioned.
The defendant did not deny my statement, but appeared
to be rather disposed to continue the abuse there. Ido
not know whether he met me or came up with me on
the bridge. - -
Alderman Challis. on his cross-examination by 'Mr.
Gibson, said that what he had uttered upon his examina-
tion in chief was, to the best of his belief, the whole
substance of the observations of the defendant, who,
however, used a great many words upon the occasion.
There had been, he declared, no disagreement between
him and the defendant on the subject of the state liveries
of his mayoralty. The defendant never said anything
about the state liveries, nor accused him of having or-
dered diagrams of the liveries, and then handed them
over to another tradesman, nor did the defendant say in
his hearing that he was in the habit of going to religious
meetings, and stepping out before the collection.
Alderman Wire, who presided, interrupted the course
of cross-examination pursued by Mr. Gibson as intro-
ductory of 'matter whioh had no reference to the com-
plaint, and of a subject which had been already decided,
in the proper place—a court of law.
Mr. Gibson said it was necessary for him to describe
other transactions in palliation,,if not in justification, of
the conduct of his client, who naturally felt great indig-
nation.,
Alderman Challis expressed his readiness to answer
any questions which might be put to him at the sugges-
tion of the defendant, whom he declared he pitied as a
person he considered to be out of his mind.
Mr. Weston assured the presiding alderman that
there was not a syllable of truth in the insinuations
made by the defendant's solicitor, who had nothing
whatever to do with the cause which had been tried
before a jury, and was a total stranger to its merits. ,
Alderman Wire, however, refused pereniptorily to
allow either the complainant or defendant to deviate
from the course properly laid down for the guidance
of magisterial decision, and said that he was determined
upon this occasion not to resort to the ordinary plan of
fining the defendant or sending the case before a jury.
A man must not upon any pretext take the law into
his own hands, and the defendant must enter into his
own recognisarces in the sum of 2001., and procure two
sureties in 1001. each to keep the peace towards Al-
derman Challis and the rest of her Majesty's subjects.
Bail was then offered and accepted.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened dull, and con-
tinued so. Birkenhead, L'pool., and Cheshire, 123 die. ;
Caledonian, 30a ; East Lancashire, 17 13-16; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 73 ; London and North-Western, 1001 ;
Man., Shef., and Lincolnshire, 23 Midland, 68k; North
Eastern (Berwick capital stock), 183; South-Eastern, 17i;
N. Union A (guaranteed), 229.

BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was steady, and a fair
amount of business done :—Eastern Counties, 11k • Great
Western, Birmingham Guaranteed Stock, 72 ; Midlands,
69.

MANCHESTER, DEC. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market this morning was
rather flat. Leeds, 73i • Sheffield, 23i; Doyer, 17i; Mid-
land, 65i; Caledonian, 30a; Eastern Counties, 11 5-16.

LEEDS, DEC. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was somewhat more
active. Nidland, ; Lan. and Yorksh., 73i ; Leeds
Northerns, 121 ; ditto, Fifths, * prem. ; Man., Shof., and
Lia., 23A.

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UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Dec. 20.
MODERATION AND MATHEMATICAL CLASS LIST.
The following is the award of the examiners in the
Moderation Mathematical School :
CLASS 1.
Bowden, James, Commoner, University College.
Jackson, Abraham Williamson, Commoner, Worces•
ter College.
Munkhouse, John Taberdar, Queen's College.
Wheeler, Thomas Littleton, Commoner, Worcester
College.

CLASS 2.
Hawkins, Edward William, Scholar, Pembroke Col-
ege.
Sidgwick, William Carr, Exhibitioner, Corpus Christi
College.
Wanklyn, Edward, Commoner, Queen's College.
Woolnough, J. Boss William, Commoner, Worcester
College.
JAMES BELLAMY,
THOS. H. B. SHA.ND, Examiners.
ADAM S. STOREY,

CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 20.
MORAL SCIENCES TRIEOS.-1855.
The examination for the Moral Sciences Tripos will
begin on Monday, February 5, at nine o'clock a.m., in
the Senate-house. The order of the examination will
be as follows :

Monday—Moral Philosophy.
Tuesday—Modern History, and Political Economy.
Wednesday—General Jurisprudence, and the Laws
of England.
Thursday—Mixed Questions.
COMMENCING BACHELORS' MORAL SCIENCES ntrros.
Any student in arts may be a candidate for honours
in the Commencing Bachelors' Moral Sciences Tripos of
1855, who shall have passed the examination required
for the degree of B.A. after Ash Wednesday, 1854, and
in the Lent Term 1855 have entered into his eleventh
term at leant, having previously kept nine terms, exclu-
sive of the term in which he was admitted ; provided,
however, that not more than eleven terms shall have
passed after the first of the said nine terms.
Any student in law or medicine may be a candidate for
honours in the Commencing Bachelors' Moral Sciences
Tripos of 1855 who shall have passed the examina-
tions and kept the exercises for the degree of LL.B.
or M.B. respectively, and in the Lent Term 1855
have eltered into his fourth Lent Term after his first
term of residence ; provided that he has already kept

nine terms.
MIDDLE BACHELORS' MORAL SCIENCES TRIPOS.
Any student may be a candidate for honours in the
Middle Bachelors' Moral Sciences Tripes of 1855 who
at the time of the examination for the Commencing Ba-
chelors' Moral Sciences Tripos is 1854 was duly quali-
fied in point of standing and other circumstances to be a
candidate for honours in that tripos.
No student of a different standing can be a candidate
for honours in either tripos, unless he shall have obtained
permission from the syndicate appointed to consider the
cases of persons who have degraded.
Two prizes of 151. each will be given to the two per-
sons who shall show the greatest proficiency in moral
philosophy in this examination among the commencing
Bachelor candidates.
A. prize of 201. will be given to the person who shall
show the greatest proficiency in moral philosophy in this
examination among the middle Bachelor candidates.
The special subjects for the examination in moral
philosophy are—Plato, M ' eno Republic, B. X. ; Aris-
totle, Nicemachean Ethics, B. VI. ; Sanderson, De
Obligatione Conscientife, B. IV. (The Rule of Con-
science) ; Grotius, De Jure Belli ; Prolegomena ; Locke
as a moralist.
All persons desirous of being candidates in this exami-
nation must send their names, with notice of the requi-
site examinations which they have passed, to the Pro-
fessor of Moral Philosophy at Trinity Lodge, on or
before Friday, Feb. 2, 1855.
THEOLOGICAL EXAMINATION-1856.
Notice has been given that the following will be
subjects for the theological examination at Easter,
1856 :
The Historical Books of the Old Testament.
The Greek Testament.
The Articles of Religion.
The Liturgy of the Church of England.
Ecclesiastical History of the First Three Centuries.

History of the English Reformation.
In addition to the above, the following will be the
subjects of examination for candidates for honours :
Septuagint—The Book of Genesis.
The First Epistle of Clemens Romanus.
Butler's _knology, Part I.
Pearson on the Creed, Ait. 11.
Paley's floras PauHow, introductory Chapter, and
Chapter on the Epistle to the Romans.
Subject for the Hebrew Examination—The Book of
Genesis.

MORAL PHILOSOPHY.
The Professor of Moral Philosophy' will begin his
course of lectures on Monday, February 12, 1855, at one
o'clock, in the lecture room at Trinity College ; and con-
tinue them every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs-
day, and Friday, at the same hour. The lectores will
have especial reference to the elements of morality, and
to the special subjects of examination for the Moral
Sciences Tripos in 1856 ; namely, Plato, Georgias, and
Republic, R. VI.; Aristotle, Nicomaebean Ethics, B.
II.; Grotius, De Jure Belli, B. I.; Dr. S. Clarke as a
moralist ; S. T. Coleridge as a moralist.

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