The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-02 00:00:00

JULY 2, 1847.

In addition to the reply of the King of Prussia to the
Diet on certain political questions, his Majesty has
issued the following relative to the question of loans:—
" We, Frederick William, by the grace of God, King
of Prussia' to our faithful States united for the first time
in genii-al assembly, greeting. We have learned by our
. Cemmissioner in the Diet the doubt which arose during
.the_cliscussion of the different projects which have been
presented to the States on the letters patent of the 3d of
February last, and on the interpretation of paragraphs
4 and 6 of the standing orders of the States. To re-
move these doubts, we, after communicating with our
Commissioner in the Diet, give to our faithful States the
following explanations: —l. It never entered our mind
not to comprise in the loans foreseen by paragraph four
of the standing orders of the States loans which can
only be ordered with the concurrence and co-guarantee
of the States- General, and for which the public fortune
and the domains of the State are given in guarantee, as
is textually prescribed by Art. 3 of the law of January 17,
1820 ; it never entered our mind not to comprise in these
loairs the loans for which the guarantee of a part of the
public fortune and of the revenues of the State shall
become necessary. More than that, our will is,
that in time of peace the acceptation of public loans, and
the drawing up of the financial documents relative to
such loans, cannot take place, any more than the aug-
mentation of the treasury bonds in emission, without
the approbation of the Assembly of the States. This
power of the Diet can, however, only be applied to what
concerns the current debts of the Administration, since
they are essentially temporary, being only contracted by
anticipation on the revenues of the State, which must
cover them, and do not constitute any new charge for
the country. For these debts of the Administration the
concurrence of the States will not be necessary for
the future, any more than it has been in the past. 2d,
In the cases foreseen by Art. 6 of the standing order of
the Diet, in which political events shall not permit the
convocation of the General Assembly of the States for
the ratification of loans, and in which that mission is
placed on the deputation of the States charged with the
public debt, it is perfectly ußdcratood that our intention
has never been to add the right of approving the loans
of the state to the rights of the deputation. Neverthe-
less, to remove all kinds of doubt as to our intentions in
this respect, we hesitate not to declare formally to our
faithful States that the deputation of the States for the
public debt is not destined to replace them in their legal
attributions, and that it will consequently not have to
consent to any modification in the loans of the state."
A letter from Berlin of th 25th says :
" The replies of the King have thrown the greater
part of the members of the Diet into a state of great un-
certainty. In the evening of yesterday 150 members,
some of whom belonged to the Order of the Nobles, and
the greater number of the province of the Rhine, met at
a public hotel to deliberate on the conduct that should
be observed. Several deputies had considered the mat-
ter so grave as not to accept the royal invitation to the
New Palace at Potsdam. At midnight several Rhenish
deputies, and among them M. de Bekkerath, joined
their colleagues. The assembly continued in delibera-
tion two hours. Several deputies insisted, that to
nominate committees to act when the Diet is not sitting
would give the right to the King to unite the Diet
only when he should think fit, and would be an aban-
donment of the right of an annual meeting, accorded
by the late King. Other deputies recommended that
the committees should be nominated from among the
deputies most determined to maintain the rights of
the Diet, hut in again protesting to the same effects
as in the protests already made. There is to be a
meeting of the three orders this evening to terminate
the discussion of the Bill relative to the Jews, and to-
morrow the general assembling for closing the Diet will
be held. The King has notified that he cannot be pre-
sent at it, and that he will be replaced by the Royal Com-
missioner."
We learn by a letter from Berlin, of the 26th, that the
Diet was closed on that day. The King's Commissioner
ascended the tribune and read the Royal rescript, which
was in the following terms :
" We, Frederick William, by the grace of God, King
of Prussia, &c., to our faithful States, assembled in the
first Diet of the United States, send our gracious greet-
ing. Our Commissioner to the Diet having informed
us that the affairs submitted by us to our faithful States,
including the election of the Committees and the depu-
tation of the States oa the public debt, would be con-
cluded by the 25th of this month, we have fixed the 26th
for the closing of the first United Diet; and, as we shall
not on that day be at our residence in Berlin, we have
charged our Commissioner of the Diet to close the
session of the States. Given at Berlin, this 24th June,
1847."
The Royal Commissioner then, being surrounded by
all the Ministers, read the following address
" Most Serene Highnesses, Serene Princes, Illustrious
Counts, Noble Lords I Most Honourable Deputies of
the Nobles, the Cities, and Rural Communes I—The
hour is come when, according to the orders of his
Majesty the King, our most gracious lord, the first
session of the United Diet is to be closed. This hour
M.- the fact of a small number of the mem-
bars of the Assembly having refused their assent to
the last act of its labours, and having seceded from
a duty the fulfilment of which is essentially con-
nected with the exercise of representative rights. The
Government will know how to maintain the respect due
to the laws. If we look back upon the eleven weeks
which have been employed in the representative duties
of this high assembi.), sentiments of different natures will
arise in our minds. Who cannot feel this, but who can
find words to express his feelings? There is, however,
one sentiment which must be common to all—the con-
viction that the results of the General Diet have afforded
to the country less good fruit than they might have pro-
duced. But we confide in the omnipotence of Divine
Providence, whose protection has never been withdrawn
from our beloved country in critical times, and we hope
that the good and noble seed which has just been sown
has fallen upon a fertile soil, and will spring up and in-
crease to a tree covered with generous fruits, and under
the shadow of which no ill weeds may grow. But a
feeling of pride and joy certainly reigns in the hearts
of all—viz., the conviction. that all the States here
assembled, that all the provinces are united most
intimately by their warm love for their country, for
the noble King whom Providence has allotted to us,
and for his august house. This sentiment has been
joyfully and loudly proclaimed by all. However di-
vergent may be the paths which have sometimes been
pointed out, sometimes followed, we feel confident that
all those who, animated with this feeling, have pursued
them, will arrive at the same termination, the consolida-
tion-of the honour, the independence, the material and
moral welfare of the country—the glory of Prussia
under an inviolable crown, placed on the heads of its
kings of the noble house of Hohenzollern, and sustained
and fortified by the States. Expressing this hope, and
trusting that it will accompany you to your homes, and
induce you to continue your labours with all your efforts
towards this noble object, I declare, by order of the King,
that the first United Diet is closed."
A letter from Berlin, of the 26th, in the Gazette des
Tribunaux, says—" The King is opposed to allowing
the proceedings of the trial relative to the Polish dis-
turbances to be made public. his Majesty convoked a
Cabinet Council, and declawd his views. There arose
on this Subject te
The result was not known, but it is positively stemma.
the proceedings which were to commence on July 1 have
been postponed to August 1. The trib un al of Premiere
Instance of Berlin has terminated the affair of the dis-
turbances which took place in that city towards the end
of April in consequence of the dearness of provisions.
There were 107 prisoners, 90 men and 17 women. The
Court acquitted 8, ignored the bills seat in against 13,
and condemned 86 to imprisonment of various lengths.
For all those condemned, women inclusive, the punish-
ment of whipping was added."

ACCIDENT AT THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY. TER-
av var B„awte,roy.stb4it noon a fatal
j.nt occurred
deCrutched Friars. It appears that a man namen-Tilli
Sumrnerfield, whilst engaged in lifting the cradle, a piece
of machinery used for raising heavy weights, dropped a
shilling, which fell below the spot where the cradle de-
scends. The unfortunate man went below, leaving
another party to do his work, and whilst searching for
-his shilling the cradle was lowered, and before he had
time to get out of the way, he was crushed with such
violence as to break his legs and back, and otherwise
dreadfully injure him. Three medical men were sent
for, but by the time they arrived life was quite extent.
'The deceased has left a wife and three children totally
unprovided for.
AYLESBURY, JULY I.—The Midsummer sessions
commenced on Tuesday last for this county before Sir
Thomas Aubrey, Bart., and a full bench of magistrates.
The calendar contained the names of 60 prisoners, but
the offences were most of them of a trivial nature. Dr.
Lee brought forward his motion, that a petition should
be presented to the House of Commons for the total
abolition or amelioration of the game-laws. The Learned
Doctor's motion was negatived by a large majority. Mr.
{. Barker moved, that the New Prison being now com-
pleted and occupied, it will be desirable that the assizes
be only held at Aylesbury. After a long discussion, in
which Dr. Lee, Mr. Camrington, and Mr. Swaley sup-
ported the motion, and the Marquis of Chandos and Sir
Harry Verney opposed it, the court divided, when the
numbers were—for the motion, 11 ; against ir, 20.
CAUTION TO FAMILIES HAVING RELATioiN.;
ABROAD.—A man, apparently 60 Years of
age, hrtabole
the last few days been defrauding several renspne
.ith
families in the neighbourhood of poplar, y
packages neatly made up, and directed, bsndc arelprg,sent-
ing them to come from their relatives abroad, thereby
obtaining 4s. and ss. from each plac. for carriage, Is. c.
The person in question is of the middle sitnatutrhe, with
fustian coat, waistcoat and tronwd ,
sievhiskers—walks the left
eye—grey hair, eye brows, a
lame. The addresses on the packages are well written,
and are evidently the productions of a person well versed
in penmanship. How he has m anagedtate to
to discover
idle
parties from whom the parcels are sd come
mystery to those he has already imposed upon, and it is
hoped this description of his person will speedily put an
end to tho system he has adopted to raise the wind. The
various packages contain nothing but rubbish, such as
saw-dust, cinder 6, frt. •

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—TnIIRSDAY.

Altogether a very slack day, not, however, without
a few changes, of which a brief notice will suffice. They
occurred in the Goodwood Stakes, and materially preju-
diced two of the Irish- bred horses, and Burgandy,
she former receding to 20 to 1, and the latter to 50 to 1,
but not before he had been backed for the best part of
200/ at 20 and 25 to 1. Stultz and Miss Elis were in
good favour, the mare, who won at Winchester on
Tu,sday, rising to 18 to 1. The Hero was a shade worse
than on Monday, but with this exception, the Cup bet-
ting tallied pretty closely with Monday's quotations.
Miss Sarah and Conspiracy are declared not to go to
Goodwood. A strong feeling in favour of Red Hart
and Mr. Martin, and against the Farmer's Daughter
and Black!Dwarf for the St. Leger, but the prices gene-
rally as before. Closing quotations :

GOODWOOD STAKES.
9 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Stultz—.taken
12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Vampyre
14 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Milliner
16 to 1 agst Mr. Sainsbury's The Questionable
18 to 1 agst Mr. W. Sadler 's Miss Elis
20 to 1 agst Mr. Baker's Plover
25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Hydrangea
30 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Martext
40 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Egis
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Lothario
40 to 1 agst Mr. Scholefield's Tommy Moore
40 to 1 agst Mr. Lilly's Glory
40 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Morpeth
40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Whaley's Burgundy—taken
50 to 1 aget Mr. Clark's Miles's Boy.
GOODWOOD cur.
sto 2 agst Mr. J. Day's The Hero—t. and aft. offd.
8 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx—taken and aft. offd.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Aumont's Fitz• Emilius—taken
10 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Dulcet—taken
' 16 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo
20 to 1 agst Mr. Whaley's Burgundy—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Mentor—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Penrice's Asch.Asch
ST. LEGER.
11 to 4 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—t. and aft. offd.
6 tot agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp
10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart-12 to 1 t.
12 to 1. agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin—taken
12 to 1 aget Mr. Pedley's Foreclosure
18 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's The Farmer's Daughter
22 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Black Dwarf
DERBY.
1000 to 30 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—taken
1000 to 25 agst Col. Peel's Sesostris—taken
1000 to 25 agst Mr. Payne's Glendower—taken.
WINCHESTER RACES.—We hear that toe decision of
the Judge (an amateur) for the Produce Stakes, on
Tuesday, excited a good deal of surprise ; the specta-
tors, with scarcely an exception, giving the race to
Miami by at least half a length, the Judge awarding it
to Tantivy.
LIVERPOOL CIIP.—AII Mr. Greville's and Mr. Payne's
horses are struck, except Geraldine.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
YORK AUGUST MEETING.-1847.

The Great Ebor Handicap. of 20 sous each, 15 ft., and 5 only
if declared on Saturday week, July 10.
yrs st lb yrs st lb
Mentor...... ........... 5 8 12 The Premier ... 4 6 6
Lightning. 6 8 9 Tommy Moore
Lady Wildair 5 8 9 *Little Jack ..... ... 5 6 4
Lothario
Miss Sarah 5 8 7 Punch

Sir Tatton Sykes 4 8 7
Pyrrhus the First 4 8 7
Inheritress ..... a 8 6
Morpeth
Mendicant

Poynton
Fancy Boy 4 8 5
St. Lawrence a 8 3
Godfrey
Newcourt a 8 0
The Conjuror ... 4 7 12
Miss Elis 5 7 10
Grimston 4 7 10
Patriot 6 7 8
Best of Three 6 7 8
Cranebrook 4 7 8
Quadruped 4 7 - 8
Sir George
Laundry Maid
Prior ot St. Margaret's 4 7 7
Sheraton
Rufus

Bourbon
Mowerina
Arthur
Crim. Con. ......
The Pilgrim .
Queen of Tyne
Coheiress 6 7 3
Doleful
Fitzallen
Plover 4 7 3

Foinualla 4 6 4
Miss Castling .....
Crozier ......3 6 4
Montpensier
The Swallow .....

Halo 3 6 4
The Liberator 3 6 4
Limestone
• Mirmillo
Milliner
King of the Forest.
George Barnwell 3 6 0
lAdministrator 8 6 0
IThe Black Dwarf
Catamaran
Sagacity .. 3 5 12
I Tim Whiffler
Christopher 3 5 10
' Wiseacre
' Rayner.— 3 5 10
' Farnham 3 5 10
' Ellerdale 3 5 10

Conspiracy
The Druid
Fiddlestring
Hydrometer
*Remorse .. 5 7 0
Ennui
Pal . .
Br c by Ishmael out
of Rose:ma's dam 4 7 0
Fitzwilliams
*Rough and Ready 5 7 0
Little John 6 6 12
The Mangler
Fair Helen
Sister to Flambeau 4 6 12
Woodpecker ...
Chertsey 5 6 11
Vanish .
Osprey 4 6 11
Caurouch 4 6 11
............ 4 6 11

Clarendon
Bingham 3 5 10
Vampire
Widred 4 5 9
Alsatia ...3 5 9
Luminous
Ulysses
Lazarillo
Old Port
Pantomime

New Era ... 3 5 8
Comme it faut 3 5 7
Qu?.en Mary 3 5 7
Rob Roy 3 5 7
Mathematician 3 5 7
The Brave Buck
The Tartar 3 5 6
Hannah Raine 4 5 5
George Hudson 3 5 5
wee Bit 3 5 5
Mary
My Eye 3 5 5
Duncan ... 3 5 5
Signet 3 5 5
B f by Touchstone,
out of Caststeel 3 5 5
Lady Tightleg
Deloraine
The Premier 3 5
Allertonian
Prince Alfred 3 5 0

Dean Swift
Camera Obscura...... 4 6 8 Kite
Erin-go•bragh
Glentilt
Mrs. Hudson ...... ... 5 6 7 Elecampane ...
The Duke of Kent... 5 6 7 Chapeau Rouge
Flahowlah
Alkali
Slayer's Daughter
The Flitch ......
Shelforth ... ... 4 6 6 Meanee
If the highest weight accepting is under Bst 91b, it will be
raised to that weight, and the others in proportion.
Those marked * having been entered without the know-
ledge of the owners, will be struck out at the time prescribed,
unless specially ordered to be left in.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
CARLISLE RACES—WEDNESDAY.

The Claret Stakes of 10 sovs. each, p p, and 40 added, for
colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst. 31b. One mile and three
quarters.

Mr. Jaques's Sir Martin walked over.
The Angel Inn and London Tavern Stakes of five sovs.
each, and 20 added. Heats. Once round.
Mr. S. L. Fox's Psalmsinger, 3 yrs (\V. Oates) 0 1 1
Mr. Moore's Ino, 4 yrs
Mr. Dawson's Bretwalda, 5 yrs
Mr. 11. Johnston's Milden, 5 yrs
Mr. Merry's siadinage, 5 yrs
Psalmsinger (the favourite). Won by a head.
The Maiden Plate of 501., for 3 yrs, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 51b ; 5
vrs, 9st; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 61b; mares allowed 31bs.
Heats twice round.
Mr. Taylor's George Stephenson, 3 yrs (Simpson) 0 1 1
Mr. B. Green's The Lamb, 4 yrs
Mr. Banks's Grand Seignor, 4 yrs
Mr. Ridley's Barnton, 3 yrs ...... .
al.. Thnmoson'a Faithless 3 vrs 2 0 0
The Rochdale btaaes of ~ -i..,.•,...
round, were won in Haworth by Mr. Vaughan's Hopeleats
4 yrs, beating Mr. Robin Burns, 5 yrs, and Mr.
Beddow's Admiral, 6 yrs.
The 13orough Cup of 501. added to a Handicap of 10 Sous.
each, 5 ft, and 3ft only if declared. Twice round and a dial
Mr. Brown nd Comme-it-faut, 3 yrs, sst 81b
Mr. Tempest's Deceiver, 6 yrs, fist 101 b 2
Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzwilliam, 4 yrs, Bst
Mr. Mostyn's Chartist, 4 yrs, 6st 21b 4
Mr. Davies's Jenny Lind, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b
LUDLOW RACES.—WxDNIESDAY.
The Ludlow Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 30 added
the second to save his stake. Once round and a distance.
(16 Subs.)
Mr. Barton's Hector, 5 yrs (Whitehouse) 1
- . . '2
Mr. Medlicot's Little Fan, 4 yrs 3
Mr. Phillips's Little Mary, 5 yrs 4
Captain Knight's Jolly Beggar, 6 yrs 5
The Maiden Plate Of 501. Heats, once round and a dis.
Mr. Parr's Attorney, 5- yrs -.. • (Whitehouse) 1 1
Mr. Southey's Vesta, 4 yrs
Mr. Smith's br h by Bran, out of Marcella, 4 yrs
Mr. Minor's ch fby Clarion, out of Augustus's dam 3
dr
dr
Mr. E. S. Davenport's Novelist, 3 yrs
0 dr
Mr. Phillips's Little Mary, 5 yrs
The Oakley Park Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added, for
...... .
half-bred hunters. Heats, once round and a dis. 1
. ,
Walters's Cavendish, aged ..................... ....(Scutt) 3 2
. Parr's Rosin the Beau, 4 yrs ... ..
. Botfield nd bg by the Steamer, aged 4 4
:. ..
....
E. Herbeit's Madresfield, 5 yrs . .....
......:
r. Davies's Jenny Lind, -13-1_:_s_::::::::::_—'--;-:—.
Ti '
DESTRUCTIVE IN LAMB '0: 11S morning
property, broke out upon
remises in the occupation of
between the hours of one and two, a fire, attended with
alan u fwa
was
st u rgeorisn,
going
i thui -s
athceoenxsitdeenrsaivbele
rangedestruction
p
s wi nsco mb , hat
Bm4
ate in Hatfield-street, Stamford street, Lambeth. It ap.
Messrs. W. anhdilsßt.
Police-constableß.
pears t w
was
rounds, hi attentiond directed to the premises by per-
ceiving a dso bo y of smoke and sparks hovering over
the top of the houses in the street. An instant alarm was
raised, and the inmates in the front houses were aroused
from their slumbers ; at the same time information of
the outbreak was sent to the engine stations. In the
space of a few minutes the 'West of England engine ar-
rived, followed by others of the London Brigade, and
that of the County-office in Regent's
- quadrant. By Ow
period, however, that the engines could be set to work
the flames had made fearful progress, extending from
the ground floor to the two upper stories, and laying
hold of a most valuable assortment of hats and other ef-
fects. Fortunately an immediate, and at the same time
an abundant, supply of water was furnished by the mains
of the Lambeth Company, which was scattered over the
burning premises, in spite of which the flames continued
to travel with rapidity, and it was not until half pver
ast
two o'clock that the firemen could get the mastery, o
the destructive element, and not before the p proerty,
valued at several hundred pounds, was reduced to ashes.
The escape belonginging to the Royal Society for the
Protection of Life from Fire was quickly on the sport, in
case its services were required, and the police, unde In-
spector Rogers, rendered great assistance to the fire.
1912, by ke•Pirtg the imam, crowd btok.
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NAVAL I LLIGaE.
THE LILY COURT ARTIAL AT PORTS-
MOUTH.
A court-martial assembled yesterday morning, at nine
o'clo k, on board the Victory, 104, flag-ship at Ports-
mouth, for the purpose of trying Mr. John Wilmot
Young, acting master of the Lily, on charges preferred
against him by the commander of that sloop, Charles
J. F. Newton.

Ist Charge. That the said John Wilmot Young,
acting master of the Lily, and serving on board her at
the island of Ascension on the 21st April, 1847, was on
the evening of that day in a state of drunkenness.
2d Charge. That he, the said John Wilmot Young, did
on the 21st of April behave towards his commander, the
said Charles J. F. Newton, with great disrespect.
3d Charge. That he, the said John Wilmot Young,
being in charge of the watch on board the Lily at sea on
the Ist of June, 1847, did sleep on his watch.
The court was most numerously attended, there being
ho less than nine members—viz., Rear-Admiral Super-
intendent Hyde Parker, C. 8., president ; Rear-Admiral
Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B. ; Captain Pasco, of the
Victory ; Captain Sir James Stirling, of the Howe, 120 ;
Captain H. D. Chads, C. 8., of the_ Excellent ; Captain
LuNhington, of the Vengeance ; Captain Miller, of the
Vincent ; Captain lion. J. Pelham, of the Odin,
steam-frigate ; and Captain Dacres, of the Avenger,
steam- frigate. _ _ _

Mr. Greatharn, Judge Advocate, and Mr. Hoskins,
solicitor, assisted the prisoner.
Commander Newton, the prosecutor, was first sworn,
and gave evidence, of which we give a brief extract. It
appeared that the Lily arrived at Ascension on the
evening. of the 21st of April last, and Commander New-
ton was collecting the quarterly returns of the Lily, to
take to the senior officer, at the island, and at half-past
nine at night sent for Mr. Young, the master, to get the
quarterly track chart, which should have been made up
to the 31st of March, and although Mr. Young had pre-
viously informed Commander Newton that the chart
was finished, it was found not to be so, and the com-
mander told Mr. Yonng he would report the circum-
stance to the senior officer in command, to which Mr.
Young replied he might do so, and take his (Mr.
Young's) commission with him, Mr. Young leaving the
cabin at the same time and slamming the door. The
commander went on deck with the first lieutenant, Mr.
Williams, and some further altercation taking place,
Commander Newton sent Mr. Young below under arrest.
The commander's evidence went to prove that on this
occasion Mr. Young was both drunk and disrespectful.
On the third charge, the Commander gave evidence of
his having come up on deck at half-pket
_eleven, on the
first watch, on the Ist of June last, ;the Lily being at
sea, on her way haute, under.all plain sail to royals, and
with the foretopmast studdingsail set, the vessel going at
the rate of nine knots through the water, when he found
Mr. Young (then officer of the watch) fast asleep on the
after grating, rolled up in a blanket.
Mr. George B. Williams, the senior lieutenant, corro-
borated, in every particular, Commander Newton's
evidence, both as to Mr. Young's being drunk and dis-
respectful on the 21st of April, and also to Mr. Young's
being found asleep in his watch on the Ist of June.
Mr. Telliss, the clerk of the ship, was present on the
21st of April, when the occurrence took place. To the
best of his judgment, Mr. Young was sober at the time,
and that he was disrespectful to Commander Hawkins,
but not highly so.
Mr. Devonshire, gunner of the Lily, proved that Mr.
Young was disrespectful to his commander, but said he
was sober at the time. He also proved to having roused
up Mr. Young when asleep on the after grating in his
first watch, on the Ist of June.

With this closed the evidence for the prosecution, and
Mr. Young, having asked an hour to prepare his de-
fence, at the expiration of that time the Court was re-
opened, and
Mr. Hoskins read a short defence, stating that the
harsh treatment Mr. Young had received at the hands
of his commander had occasioned his replies, which.
were called disrespectful. He admitted sleeping on
his watch, but pleaded excessive fatigue and illness,
from arduous duties, that occasioned it. He called
several witnesses as to character, who spoke in his
favour ; among them Captain Brisbane, of the Larne,
and Commander Morrell, late Governor of Ascension ;
he also read the certificates he had received from offi-
cers under whom he had served ; he also called seve-
ral persons, amongst whom were Lieutenant Branch,,
the gun-room steward, and several others, who gave
evidence that Mr. Young was sober on the evening of
the 21st April.
At two o'clock the evidence for the prisoner closed,
and the court was cleared. After an hour's deliberation
it was re-opened, and the Judge Advocate read the
sentence :

That the Court adjudged the first charge not proved,
and did, therefore, acquit the prisoner, Mr. Young, of
the charge of drunkenness.
That the Court adjudged the second charge, that of
being disrespectful to his commander, fully proved.
And that the Court adjudged the third charge, that of
sleeping on his watch, fully proved; and did sentence the
said John Wilmot Young to be dismissed from her Ma-
jesty's service.
COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUTENANT BRANCH.
rngdeslieuptreenfearnrtedof
atghaeinLsitly,
hMimr. Jboyhno S. Br,
At three r.m., the same members assembled to try
onthe second
Newton.

First charge—For highly disrespectful and insubordi-
nate conduct, while serving on board the Lily, between
October, 1845, and May, 1846, on several occasions.
Second charge—For highly disrespectful conduct to
his commander on the 17th of June, 1846.
The Court had examined Captain Brisbane, and the
first lieutenant of the Lily, on the first of these charges.
when our report was sent ~f£

Woomvlcir, JULY 1 —The Rifleman, wooden steam-
vessel, and Sharpshooter, iron steftervessel, both fitted
with screw propellers, left Woolwich this morning for
Portsmouth, to be fitted at that port for service on the
coast of Africa.

The Dragon steam-frigate, Captain Hall, is now ready
for sea, and will proceed to Portsmouth to form one of
the vessels of the experimental squadron, which is to
assemble at Spithead about the 10th of the present
month, under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles
Napier. It is highly to the cred►t of the officers of the
Dragon to be able to state that not one of her numerous
crew has been lost or absent without leave since she was
commissioned.

The Vixen steam-sloop, Commander Ryder, is pre-
paring for sea with the greatest dispatch, and is to be
attached to the experimental squadron. Each ship of
war is to have a steam-vessel as a tender during the ex-
periments.
LIFE PRESERVERS.—Numerous inventors have re-
cently submitted their views of what they consider the
simplest and most efficient modes of saving lives, in
cases of shipwreck. Amongst others, Lieutenant Irvine,
R.N., attended yesterday afternoon at Woolwich Dock-
yard, and submitted to Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer,
K.C.B. and K.C.H. ; Captain Sir John Ross, C.B. ;
Lieut.-Colonel Dundas, C. 13., Director of the Foundry
Department at the Royal Arsenal; Lieutenant Colonel
Cator, of the Royal Artillery ; Lieutenant Fowler, and
several officers of the Royal Marines, his travelling
trunks and leather bags, made on his principle, and.
lined with cork and Mackintosh cloth in such a manner
as to preserve their contents dry, and at the same time
become an important auxiliary in saving lives when ship-
wrecks take place. A trunk 27 inches long by 15 inches
broad and 15 inches deep, had its loose mackintosh lining
tied so as to exclude water, and on being thrown into the
basin, was found to sustain 751bs. weight of solid iron,
sufficient to sustain the weight of sixteen men immersed
in water, and to be capable of conveying them through
any surf to the shore. The leather bag was also tied
in the same way inside, and possessed a buoyancy which
would be of great advantage to travellers by water in
case of accidents. The articles are the same in appear-
ance as those necessary appendages to every traveller,
and the fitting of common trunks and bags on Lieu-
dang-erfrOm accldentroy-Water:-L'- -"
TREASURE FOUND IN THE ROYAL ARSENAL.— The
workmen in the storekeeper's department of the Royal
Arsenal, while engaged in moving some boxes which
ahfatveer retmheainbeadttilne theof stores since tfhoueyndwer
a onee sentox oi
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weightier than they could account for in boxes,
size. On opening it there appeared four smaller ll
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to 8001. in each box, making in 12.2..22u2:
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TO THE
EDITOR OF THE SUN.
C 0 M
is,AIVIITTheTsES
forward in support of the different
SIR,— s I°:leließve,A. the
London that takes the. trouble of giving in detail the
Bills which come before the notice of the two
railway
of Parliament, I should be ill-disposed to find
Houses
evidence brought
fault without due occasion with a journal that on this,
and on other occasions, has shown so laudable a desire to
collect the earliest and most varied information for the
instruction and amusement of its readers. But I trust
I may he allowed to impress on the mind of your
reporter the extreme care and discrimination that ought
to be observed in the necessarily brief selection of the
leading facts of the evidence, that its general meaning
and object be preserved. I make these observations in
consequence of having had my attention called, a few
days ago, to certain statements containedi in The Sue
of the 14th inst., purporting to be evidence given by me
before a Committee of the House of Commons, in favour
of the Great Northern (Axholme Extension) Railway,
which contains several inaccuracies, and is calculated to
convey an erroneous impression to the general reader. I
am made, incorrectly, to use the word "middleman" to
designate the factors who attend Doncaster mar term , an
of
d
though that may not have been intended as a te b
reproach, it ha!, nevertheless, since the able exposure y'
the 7 imcs of the conacre system in Ireland, been con-
sidered anything but an enviable title. There are among
that body THCII fur whom I entertain feelings !Df the
purpose, e,
highest respect, whose integrity of
and usefulness in society, render. them worthy of a far
,etfol appellation than is, conveyed in the op-
probrious taunt of "
inure resp middleman. The Doncasterians
have interred that my evidence was calculated to in-
juriously affect their market, by its being stated that the
current of trade would he diverted from its present chan-
nel, and reach the great consuming markets of the west,
without first touching at the intermediate market of
Donca,ter. The opinion I expressed was quite the
contrary of this; but I will not further trespass on the
valuable space of your columns. By inserting these few
remarks you mill disabuse the minds of many, and do a
service to, Sir, your humble servant,
J. BLADWORTIL
West Hall, St ainforth, June 30. 1847.

CONVICTS.—The Queen has grunted a free pardon
to Charles Butler, the eminent chemist, formerly of
Cheapside, Edinburgh, and Dublin, who was aonvicted
on 29th September last