The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, i 847

circulated among the magistracy, one month before the
egate sessions.
Mr. Briscoe retired from the Chairmanship of the
Committee, and Mr. Chandler was appointed instead.
To a request that the former gentleman would remain
a member of the Committee, he declined to accede.

BOW-STREET---(THIS DAY).

George Meade, charged with stealing a waistcoat, a
pair of boots, two linen shirts, and one flannel shirt, the
property of Capt. Otway, of the Scots Fusileer Guards,
in whose :ervice he had been, was again brought up.
Captain Otway identified the waistcoat, boots, and
shirts produced as his property.
The prisoner was committed for trial on the charge of
stealing the waistcoat and shirts, which the Captain
valued at I?.

The prisoner was then charged with obtaining goods
from tradesmen upon the false pretence that they were
for Captain Otway. Two cases were entered into ; one
for obtaining two pair of boots and a pair of fur soles
from Mr. 13uh1, bootmaker, of Burlington-arcade ; and
the other, of obtaining a black silk neckerchief, or black
satin neckerchief, a cravat, flannel waistcoat, and a pair
of gloves from a linendraper in Piccadilly. The property
obtained from Mr. Buhl was to the value of 21 1 ls., and
the neckerchiefs, &c., were valued at 21. 13s.
The prisoner was also committed on these charges,
to which he made no defence, being admitted to bail in
his own recognisances for 501., and two sureties for 251.
each, but on the charge of felony he was committed
without bail.

MARYLEBONE -(THIS DAY.)
James Clark, I ichard Prior, and Thomas Hobbs,
drivers of omnibuses, were severally charged by Mr.
Inspector Hunt, of the D division of police, with leaving
their boxes and standing in the Edgware-road longer
than necessary on Christmas-day last, opposite the Star
and Garter.

95 D proved the two first cases, and the defendants
Clark and Prior were each mulcted in the mitigated
penalty of five shillings. Hobbs escaping through the
circumstance of the officer who made out the summons
having mistaken the number of the omnibus.
Mr. Joseph Crawford, the proprietor of the above two-
penny omnibuses, complained of the proprietors of the
New•road and Paddington omnibuses being allowed to
remain three-quarters of an hour at their starting points,
while his men were pounced upon for stopping only nine
minutes, and that on Christmas-day.
Mr. Inspector Hunt stated that he served all alike, and
that he acted so in consequence of the inhabitants of the
surrounding district having made repeated complaints
about the nuisance occasioned by the omnibuses ob-
structing the thoroughfares.
Mr. RAWLINSON said he was there to exercise the
law, and could therefore grant no indulgence.

CLERKEN IVELL.—(THIS DAY.)
A young man, of most respectable appearance, named
William Whitelocli, was brought up on remand from last
Saturday, on the charge of embezzlement.
The brief facts of the case, as stated at the last exami-
nation, were as follows :—The prisoner had been in the
employment of Messrs. Cooper and Co., solicitors, of
Hatton-garden, and was entrusted on last Wednesday
with a cheque, for the purpose of calling at Somerset
House and paying the fees upon the usual annual license
for solicitors, on account of a gentleman named W hittaker,
to whom Mr. Cooper was agent in London. Upon inquiries
being made of Mr. Whittaker and at Somerset House,
it was ascertained that the prisoner had never either
called at the Stamp office nor forwarded any license to
Mr. Whittaker ; and some short time after he, having
returned to his office, was taxed with the fact, when he
acknowledged it to be true, and said he had unfor-
tunately been induced to expend the greater portion of
the money with which he was entrusted.
Mr. Cooper attended personally this day, and applied
to have the case adjourned, on the grounds of Mr. Whit-
taker being unable to come to London before Thursday.
The application was opposed on behalf of the prisoner,
because the charge would be left pending over him for
nearly a month, if not tried at the present Old Bailey
sessions.

Mr. COOMBE said he should remand the case until
Thursday, but at the same time he would accept bail for
his appearance, himself in 2001., and two sureties in 1001.
each.

Maria Earnersley and Mary Gibson were charged
with stealing a quantity of furniture, the property of
Sarah Anne Gibson.

It appeared that the two prisoners took lodgings at
the house of the prosecutrix, and on the second day,
about three o'clock in the morning, absconded, taking
away all the furniture upon which they could lay their
hands, or which was at all portable.—Committed for

WORSHIP S 1 REET.—(THIS DAY).
HORSE STEALING.—This morning a young man of
provincial appearance was brought before Mr. Bingham
for re-examination, on the charge of stealing a horse,
under the following circumstances .
From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner,
whose name is William Bradshaw, on Tuesday, the 29th
ult., presented himself before Mr. Monks, the horse
slaughterer, of North-street, Whitechapel, and offered
the animal alluded to for sale. From the appearance of
the latter, however, Mr. Monks was at once convinced,
in his own mind, that the prisoner bad not come honestly
by the horse; he therefore questioned him, but his
answers were so evasive and unsatisfactory that he gave
him into custody, and he was locked up. On the fol-
lowing day the constable (M'Cullen, 47 K) by dint of
inquiry traced the owner of the horse to Mr. Antsey,
of Devonshire-street, hloxton, and who upon seeing the
animal at once identified him as his property. The pri-
soner, subsequent to his being taken into custody, stated
that he bad found ,the horse astray in the road near
Chelmsford.

Mr. Antscy attended this morning, and gave evidence
as to the stolen horse being his property, and the depo-
sitions were ordered to be made out for the prisoner's
full committal to Newgate for trial.

BEET ROOT and FLOUR BREAD.
The Right Hon. T. F. Kennedy, Paymaster of Civil
Services in Ireland, has addressed a public letter to Mr.
Labouchere, drawing attention to the fact, that beet root
and flour, mixed in equal proportions, make excellent
nutritious bread. This discovery is of considerable im-
portance, as it is believed beet root could be readily in-
troduced into cultivation in Ireland and the Highlands,
and an abundant supply of seed of it may be had from
France. The Gardener's Chronicic, in remarking on Mr.
Kennedy's letter, says—
" We have long since shown the great value of a beet
crop in point of nutrition; that, in fact, it ranks higher
than any known plant which is cultivable. But there
was always the difficulty of how to consume it, for men
would find it a poor diet by itself, and the present cir-
cumstances of Ireland are not such as to justify the intro-
duction of produce which can become food for man only
after having been transformed into pigs and oxen. The
discovery, however, in Germany of the facility with
which it may be combined with bread, removes the
difficulty, and places beet incontestably at the head of
the new articles which should be introduced into Irish
husbandry. In its relation to potatoes, beet stands as
1,020 to 423, if its nutritive quality is considered ; and
as 8,330 to 3,480 in regard to utilisable produce of all
kinds. It is still to be determined what kind of beet
could be best cultivated for this purpose. Red beet pro-
duces brown bread ; white sugar beet would probably
yield a white bread, and of still better quality ; mangold
wurtzel we have ascertained to form a bread of inferior
quality, but still eatable enough.
"Mr. Kennedy suggests that carrots and parsnips
might be employed in the same manner as beet. That
we have tried, and we find that parsnips are excellent,
but carrots much less palatable. All these substances
combine readily with flour, but they are rather unwilling
to part with their water, and will probably be best in
cakes, like oatmeal."

THE LATE DR HEUGH AS A
PREACHER.

As a preacher he enjoyed a very large share of popu-
larity. His demeanour in the pulpit was calm and dig-
nified, his actions solemn and graceful, hia enunciation
distinct and pleasing. His delivery was ever accompa-
nied with that gravity and warmth that became one who
prays men " in Christ's stead." His personal appearance
aided his manly and animated elocution. He took a clear
view of his subject, selected its most prominent ideas,
surrounded them with apt and homely illustrations,
and gradually brought them to bear on the duties, rela-
tions, circumstances, and prospects of his audience.
Flights of oratory for mere embellishment, scenes of
pathos created for mere impression, he never attempted,
All was easy and natural ; the plainest truths came from
his lips with striking solemnity. The popularity of his
preaching was not its deep grasp,/ original illustration,
striking remark, laboured argument or vehement appeal,
but its plain statement and lucid reasoning, imbued
with deep and unaffected earnessness, clothed in simple
and forcible language, and delivered with easy, elegant,
and impressive dignity. He never dazzled or surprised.
The light he diffused was clear and sunlike, such as re-
freshed ar,d directed the spiritual vision ; and the won,
der his hearers ft It was, that they had not before appre-
hended the plainness and felt the power of such truths
as were brought before them—truths that now appeared
so scriptural in their basis, so reasonable in themselves,
so importaet in their hearing, so harmonious in their as-
pects, so practical in their results. His was useful
preaching, for it always afforded instruction and excite-
ment. It was not exclusively of one cast of character.
It always connected faith and practice, creed and expe-
rience. His expositions of Scripture were prepared with
conscientious fidelity, and he laboured to give them a re-
semblance to Scripture itself—to make them " profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction. for instruction
in righteousness." Dr. Heugh's style, which ;Appeared
so pleasing when spoken in his own silvery tones, was
not so attractive when read in a printed discourse, yet it
was always clear; no one could mistake its meaning. No
haze rested upon his paragraphs; and though it had not
the beauty and polish of classic refiuement, it was good,
hearty, correct English. Out of the abundance of the
heart the mouth spske.—Eclectic I;evicw.

ZETLAND.— STATE OF THE POOR.—III a strong
article on the subject, the John 0' Groat Journal says—
" Every island, from the potato blight and the deeply
depressed condition of the herring market, is more
or less threatened with immediate starvation, many
of the inhabitants being reduced to a quantity and
quality of food barely sufficient to keep in a lingering
existence. The sea is inaccessible, from the continued
stormy weather, and, consequently, no means exist
wherewith to pass over the yet to come rigorous months
of winter." A correspondent says that very few of the
workmen average 55. a• neck througheut t.h , 3-•7ar. How
Ellen a wage can support a family ho dues not know.
Pf_lat,t,es to be hail ; ari the 4;6. leaf selh; at
Sld. and eThefts of food and grain are on the in-
crease. gr. Scott, of Melby, has allowed his tenants a
reduction of ten per cent, on their rents.

DEFEAT of BOMFIM at TORRES
VEDRAS.
SALDANHA'S OFFICIAL DISPATCHES.
The following is the official dispatches of Saldanha,
announcing his victory over Bomfim
:
"Sire,—When I received the intelligence that Lisbon,
from the brilliant state of the Volunteer Corps and Mu-
nicipal Guards, was believed to be in circumstances to
defend itself if the rebel forces should dare to attack it,
the united forces of the ex-Conde de Bomfim, of Mou-
sinho de Albuquerque, of the ex-General Celestino, and
of the guerilla chief Fernando de Sousa Botelho, occu-
pied Alcoba9a, and Caldas.
" I did not lose an instant upon receiving that com-
munication, which caused me so much pleasure, and
on the lath I marched with a force under my command
in the direction of Caldas, my vanguard remaining for
the night in Tagarro and Cereal. In these
places I united all my force on the following
morning, waiting for information, and for the
result of the parties of cavalry which I had sent forward
in the direction of Caldas and Bombarral. From Cereal
and Tagarro there are three roads, for Caldas, Cadaval,
and Candillios. After midday I acquired the certainty
that the enemy had taken the road which leads from
Caldas to Torres Vedras, and I immediately marched
for Cadaval,'where the troops encamped. On the fol-
lowing day we arrived at Amial, within a league of
Torres Tedras. There I acquired the certainty that
the enemy was in the latter town. The tempest during
these marches, and particularly the last night, was
horrible, and continued the same on the following
day. I was, therefore, still obliged to keep the troops
encamped.
On the 22d at half-past 10 o'clock in the morning,
we arrived at the position occupied by the enemy. The
lines of Torres Vedras, famous in the military annals
not only of Portugal, but of the whole world, where the
barrier which, for the first time, checked the rapid
flight of the French eagle. It was there that the armies
of Napoleon, for the first time, found an invincible ob-
stacle. Torres Vedras is itself the strongest part of
these lines. The heights of St. Vincent, covered by a
magnificent redoubt in very good condition, that of
Force, and that of Sacs, on the right bank of the river
Cezindro [in Napier's History and the map of the Lines
this is marked as the Zeandre'], are flanked by the fire
of the castle, which may be considered as the true cita-
del of these works, whose gorges it defends. Between
these heights and the town runs the Cezindro, which is
crossed by three bridges, approached by considerable
paved ways, which are all enfiladed by the fire of the
castle, and flanked by the fire of the redoubts. This
exceedingly strong position had been carefully occupied
by the rebels, whose leaders had frequently said to the
inhabitants of this town that, even though the forces
under my command were four times what they were, I
should In boatels if I dared to attack such a position. It
is not given to rebels to estimate the courage which
animates loyal breasts in the just and holy cause which
we defend. But, without the enthusiasm which ani-
mates us, without the conviction that the Queen's
crown is entrusted to our efforts, as well as the con-
tinuance of the dynasty and of the Constitutional
Charter, the assertion of the rebel chiefs would be of
perfect accuracy.
" At a quarter past eleven the rebels opened their fire.
On reconnoitering the position I saw that the victory
depended on the possession of the great redoubt in the
fort of St. Vincent; and after making the battalions of
the Ist and Bth Cacadores call in their skirmishers, I
ordered Colonel Mesquita a Solla, commandant of the
Ist brigade, to take the redoubt at the point of the bayo-
net, which was executed by the Ist brigade in the most
glorious manner. The fort was garrisoned by a batta-
lion of the 6th Cacadores three companies of the 6th in-
fantry, and several guerillas.
" The horrible state of the roads had delayed the
march of our artillery, notwithstanding all the efforts of
Brigadier Silva Leao and the entire corps of artillery,
assisted most efficaciously by Major Carvalho, Comman-
dant, and the other officers of the brigade of Engineers
and corps of Sappers, and it was three o'clock before
they opened their fire against the enemy. I then gave
the necessary orders to attack the town, which was to be
executed simultaneously at four o'clock by the three bri-
gades of infantry supported by some cavalry.
" The Bth and 10th regiments, which had advanced in
line, supporting the battalion of the Ist Ca9adores,
before the taking of the fort of St. Vincent, sustained
for a long time a fire, both in front and flank, with a
firmness and courage worthy of the greatest praise. To
these two bodies belongs the glory of having been the
first to enter the town by the central bridge with part of
the Bth Cavalry and Queen's Lancers. Colonel Mes-
quita a Solis, at the head of some of the Queen's Grena-
diers, and followed by his brigade and a force of the 3d
Cavalry and Queen's Lancers, with the greatest alacrity
made good the entrance by the right bridge. The 4th
brigade did not enter the town till nightfall.
" The enemy, beaten on all sides, having lost a great
number of prisoners and killed, and seeing the force
which occupied the redoubt of Force cut off, collected
within the castle all the force that remained, including
200 horse. The many soldiers who had been dispersed,
belonging to the several corps of the enemy, began to
come over to me, together with the three companies of
the 2d Regiment of Infantry, which garrisoned the re-
doubt of Force.
" I immediately applied myself to cut off all the com-
munications which led to the castle, and thus we passed
the night. Before daybreak I caused two 6-pounders
and two mortars to be sent out of the town, and at 10
A.M. these were placed in position to play on the castle.
At 11 I caused it to be intimated to the commander
of the forces there assembled that he must sur-
render within an hour, at the end of which time
the cannonade would commence ; the only condition
which I granted being a guarantee for their lives.
The ex-General Valdez (Bomfim) answered, that the
valiant manner in which his troops had conducted
themselves deserved that they should come forth
with military honours—the officers retaining their bag-
gage and the soldiers their knapsacks, which I conceded;
and at midday they came forth from the castle and laid
down their arms-900 infantry, 400 Cacadores, and 200
horse ; the ex-Conde de Bomfira, Mousinho de Albu-
querque (severely wounded), the ex-General Celestino,
all the chiefs, and other officers of the sth and 6th Cacti-
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" It is absolutely impossible to convey an exact idea
of the valour displayed by our troops on this memorable
day without seeing the position and passing over the
ground on which we fought; and if it be possible to
enhance such conduct, it would be by a consideration of
the roads over which we passed during those four days,
and of the tempestuous nights during which we en-
camped. But this glory has cost us dear, as your
Majesty will see by the list of the losses which we
suffered, and which I have the honour to submit to your
Majesty. To-morrow I shall have the honour to submit
a list of the persons whose brilliant conduct merits your
royal munificence.
" Sire, the holy cause which we defend has made a
decisive step through the victory of the 22d; but our task
is not concluded, and I can confidently assure your Ma-
esty, in the name of the brave men whom I command,
that we shall not rest till the legitimate authority of
her Majesty the Queen is re-established throughcut the
entire kingdom, and that we only aspire, at the cost of
every sacrifice, to strengthen the eonstitutional throne on
so firm a basis that it will not be given to the caprice of
any party to shake it.

" Duke DE SALDANHA.

" Head-quarters at Torres Vedras, Dec. 25, 1846."
The following are copies of the dispatches which
passed between Salhanha and Bomfim in reference to the
capitulation :77

His Excellency the Marshal Duke de Saldanha
has commissioned me to intimate to the commander
of the forces stationed within the castle of
this town, that he must surrender within the
space of one hour after receipt of this, with the
single condition that the life of every individual is gua-
ranteed, and that the private soldiers will be permitted
to continue in the service of her Majesty the Queen; it
being understood that the artillery is already in position
by which the castle will be cannonaded, unless it sur-
render before the period stated. His Excellency makes
the said commander and the other leaders responsible
for all the Portuguese blood which their obstinacy may
cause to flow. His Excellency commissions me also to
transmit the enclosed copies of the communications in-
tercepted last night. By the Marshal's order I certify
to the said commander that the fire will positively com-
mence at the period stated, unless the surrender shall
have taken place.

"Baron DE SAAVEDRA.
" Head quarters in Torres Vedras,
Dee. 23, 11 A.M., 1846."
BOMFIM'S ANSWER.
"All my life I have served with honour, as well as the
General, chiefs, and officers, and all the soldiers whom I
have the honour to command. To accept the conditions
which are now proposed to us would be to stain the
honour of the Portuguese army, in which we have
performed so many services for her Majesty the Queen
and for the country ; neither could we have expected
such a proposal from those who saw us fight yesterday.
But I would have no hesitation in surrendering, with all
my force, within an hour, provided the accustomed
honours of war be conceded to us, which I cannot do
otherwise than expect from his Excellency Marshal
Saleanha, by whose side we have so often gloriously
fought. For the reasons stated we reckon on a capitu-
lation being conceded to us, the officers of the line and
of the national battalions, retaining their swords, horses,
baggage, and the troops their knapsacks.
" God guard your Excellency.

_
"Conde DO BOMFIM.
"Castle of Torres Vedras, Dec. 23, 1846, noon."

SALDANIIA'S REJOINDER.

" Facts cannot be denied. It is a fact that the Portu-
guese troops on both sides fought honourably; it is a fact
that the troops within the castle of this town deserve
military honours ; but it is also a fact that I cannot go
counter to the determination of her Majesty the Queen.
I therefore require a clear and categorical answer, in
which I shall be informed whether it is understood by
the officers retaining their swords that they are to re-
tain their commissions also, in which case I cannot con-
sent. But if it be sought to retain their swords only as
a military honour, I have not the least hesitation in con-
ceding it, as well as the baggage and knapsacks to those
who so well deserve them.
"Duke DE SALDANHA."

BO M FIM'S REPLICATION.
" I have the honour to reply to your Excellency's
dispatch, in reference to the proposed canitulaton, and to
cutulirmicate to yonr Excellency that t am authorized
by General Come. 13ornine, in the capacity of hi ClLief
of Stun; to declare that by the officers under his com-
mand retaining their swords is only meant the conces-
sion of the honours of war, since in respect of whatever

dispositlesn her Majesty has taken with regard to the
said officers, they are ready to obey in everything her
Majesty's determinations, they having never failed in
their public acts to respect the person of the said august
Lady. "God guard your Excellency.
`• JOSE BENTO VALDEZ.
" Torres Vedras, Dec. 23, 1846.".

THE RIVER PLATE.
The following memorial has been forwarded to Go-
vernment relative to the affairs of the River Plate :
"TO THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT PAL➢IERSTON, HER
MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, &C.

" Liverpool, Dec. 31, 1846.
" My Lord,—We, the undersigned merchants, ship-
owners, and others, of the port of Liverpool, beg respect-
fully to state to your Lordship that, having seen in the
London newspapers of the 30th instant a :copy of a me-
morial from the merchants of London, drawing your
Lordship's attention to the serious iejury; inflicted upon
the commercial interests by the joint blockade of Buenos
Ayres and other ports in the River Plate, by the naval
forces of Great Britain and France, and intreating your
Lordship to take effectual measures, in conjunction with
the French Government, for speedily raising said block-
ades, and re-opening to foreign commerce the ports so
long closed by them, we hereby desire to express our
entire concurrence in the terms of Said Memorial, and
our earnest hope that your LOrdship may see fit to com-
ply with its prayer. •
" We have the honour to remain, your Lordship's
most obedient and humble servants, • •
(Signed by) .=
" C. Tayleur; Son, and Co., Dieksons, BOardman, and
Co. John B. Moore, and Co., Thomas Duguid,
William' and Joseph Myers and Co.' Todd, Naylor,
and Co., Rowand and Dunlop; Thonias and John
Brocklebank, Ashley brothers; Buchanan, Browne
and Co., Robinson and Hadwen, John and Samuel
Beckwith, Jones, Mann, and Foster, Frederick
Huth and Co., Rawson and Co., Hughes and
Ronald, Edward Jones and Co., William Moon,
W. Rotheram, M'Tear, Hadfield and Thompson,
Sands, Turner, and Co., James Dalglish and Co.,
George Nuttall, Taylor, Potter, and Co., George
Kendall, Brownells, and Co., Samuel Johnston and
Co., Jamieson brothers and Co., Joseph Green and
Co., Fiel len brothers and Co., Joseph 11 egan and
Co., Cotesworth, Wynne, and Lyne, A. W. Powles
and Co., Dudgeon, Balleny, and Co., Thomas and
William Earle and Co., Leech, Harrison, and For-
wood, Abram Gartside and Co., William and
James Tyrer, Jevons, sons, and Co., Chapman, Bow-
man, and Co., Nicol, Duckworth, and Co., Peel and
Co. Charles S. Middleton and Son, Brown, Shipley,
and Co., John Downes, Rathbone Brothers and Co.,
Charles Ironside and Co., Samuel Lang and Co.,
Ewart, Myers, and Co., James Aikin."
The following memorial on the same subject has been
adopted and forwarded by the Manchester Commercia,
Association:—

shipwrecked happens probably from ignorance of the
mentioned law. Therefore, in future they will net be
received in no ways, but must be treated severely when-
ever they become brought in; which they get known
and make known to others.

" That provisions, firewood, water, by the long time
on the voyage, aro scarce on the ship is heard by this,
and will be g!ven.
" Upon this order the ship has to leave with speed,
and not stay in close here, but return directly to his own
country."