The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-18 00:00:00

SAILINGS.

Sept. 10. Fair Rosamond schooner, William Lyon,
Esq., for Plymouth and Mediterranean.
11. Sparrowhawk cutter, Thomas Hallifax, Esq ,
for Cowes Harbour to lay up.
15. Iris cutter, Lord Rodney, for Dover.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Schooners—Flirt, Xarifa, Arid, Camilla, Capri-
corn, Wyvern, Maud, Magic, Coral Queen.
Cutters—Witch, Ganymede, Naiad, Turquoise,
Noran, Aurora.
Yawls—Flower of Yarrow, Susan.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton left Grove-house
this day for 7, Grosvenor-square.
FREE ENIIGRANTS.-125 fine looking lads were this
morning marched down from Parkhurst prison, and
embarked on board the ship Marion, bound to Port
Philip. They have been taught trades, and having
conducted themselves well have been selected to be
sent out as free emigrants.

DEATH or LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR HENRY SHEEHY
KEATING, K.C.8.--We regret to have to record the de-
cease of this gallant field-officer, who died at Chelten-
ham, on Sunday last, at the age of 70 years, having
served more than fifty years in the army. Sir Henry
entered the army as ensign in 1793, and proceeded to
the 'West Indies with the forces under General Sir
Charles Grey. At Martinique he was present at the
gallant affair, at La Trinite, and the attack of Monte
Rouge, and Monte Calabush, where he had his sword
arm broken by a musket shot. At the defence of Ber-
vine camp, which followed, he bad his skull fractured
by the splinter of a shell, and being taken prisoner passed
a year and a half in confinement on board a prison-ship,
and was subsequently taken to Rochelle, where he was a
close prisoner for three months. In 1807, being then
lieut.-colonel, he proceeded to the East Indies, in 1808
he commanded the land forces in conjunction with a
naval force under Commodore Rowley, at the attack and
capture of St. Paul's, Isle of Bourbon. He was entrusted
with the command of a large force (5,000 strong) in
1810, destined for the attack on Bourbon, and he had
the honour to plan the attack and conquest of that
island in the most successful manner. He subsequently
commanded the advance of the army in the grand
attack of the Isle of France, and was again wouuded.
For his gallant services in the Mauritius, a piece of
plate, value five hundred guineas, was given to him by
the East India Cempany. In 1836 he was nominated a
knight-commander of the Bath.
WITNESSES AT THE COUNTY COURTS.—On Thurs-
day, at the Bloomsbury County Court, a person was
called as a witness, and he refused to give evidence until
he was paid his expenses. It appeared that the case had
stood over from a former Court for a surveyor to exa-
mine some property on which the action was brought,
and before he gave his evidence he demanded his charge.
The attorney who appeared for the plaintiff offered to
guarantee the witness his charges, but he required imme-
diate payment. The Learned Judge (Mr. Heath) held
that he could only demand for his attendance as a wit-
ness, and must give his evidence before he was paid his
other charges. His fee as a surveyor, as a witness, was
seven shillings, which was all that he could demand. The
sum of seven shillings was banded to the witness, and he
was required to give his evidence. The Learned Judge
laid it down that a witness could decline to be examined
until the sum allowed by the scale, under the rules, was
paid.
THE BASE TURKISH COIN CASE.----BIRMINHAM,
FRIDAY.—This morning a man of gentlemanly appear-
ance, named Charles Ellerman, of London, said to be
officially connected with the National Disinfecting As-
sociation, was brought up before the magistrates at the
public office, charged with being implicated with
Darwen (now in Warwick Gaol), and two foreigners, as
yet not apprehended, in the manufacturing and issuing
of counterfeit Turkish coin. The prisoner, in the
absence of the Turkish Consul, was remanded until to-
morrow.
THE STORM.—LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.—Since Tues-
day night, the weather in this neighbourhood has been
most tempestuous. The squalls and gusts of wind were
terrific, and no doubt much damage has been committed
at sea. The Mersey presented an awful but picturesque
appearance, and was crowded with inward-bound ves-
sels which had been hurried up by the
prevailing, west-
erly winds. The mail steamer fo'r
it
w city
RIGHT REV. DR. WISEMAN.--We believe it is quite
certain that Dr. Wiseman isinfcommunication with the
Queen's Government as Envoy
Wiseman's appointment asVicsrrumA ptohsetohliicol) See.
Of London,
ad interim, has come, subsequentlyhis arrival in
England, and has no connexion to
with his Lordship's
diplomatic functions. We understand it is in contem-
plation to make some alterations in the Roman Catholic
dioceses, attended, probably, by an increase of the Epis •
copate, though not, in the first instance, to any great
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extent. It is reported that Dr. Wiseman will ultimately
occupy an ecclesiastical position in London, essentially
the same with that to which be has bees already pro-
moted, but the whole subject is undergoing revision at
Rome, and the provisional appointment of his Lordship
is intended to obviate the inconveniences of a protracted
vacancy of the See.