The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-18 00:00:00

asked why the officers, crew, and emigrants were to br•
turned adrift, he said, " If the cause in which they hal
been engaged had been a good one he would have sup-
ported all of them, but as they were engageti!inja bad cause
they must all turn out of the vessel." Some of the police
then directed Mr. Campbell, the paymaster, to quit the
ship immediately, and, on his refusal to do so, he was
seized by several police-constables, who forcibly put
him over the ship's side. He (Mr. Briggs) was likewise
turned out in the same rude manner, and the crew and
emigrants were driven from the ship like a herd of
cattle, and were not allowed to remain in the do:.k. Mr.
Campbell And himself made an attempt to get on board
again, but were repulsed and compelled to leave the
dock. They appealed to Evans, of the Thames police,
who had the direction of that force, and he said he
was only acting under orders from the Commissioners
of Police.

Mr. BALLANTINE inquired where the transaction took
place ?—Mr. Briggs replied, in the East India Dock,
and said that Mr. Campbell was seized by three constables
of the Thames police, who led him to the dock gate,
and then turned him out.

Mr. BALLANTINE said the applicant must show that
he was legally on board the Glenelg, and that he was
placad in his situation by competent authority, before he
could interfere. _ _

Mr. Briggs said he was the regularly appointed se-
cond mate of the ship, and had entered into articles of
agreement with Captain Frederick Geare, the com •
mander, who was a British subject, to proceed on a
voyage to Ferrol, or any other port in Spain, and was to
receive monthly wages. He entered into the contract
the same as he would have done in any other merchant
ship sailing from this port. The articles were of the
ordinary description, and signed by the master and
crew. _ _

BALLANTINE said, it was well known the Glenelg
was one of three vessels forming an intended expedition
which had been intercepted by her Majesty's Govern-
ment, who ordered the vessels to be seized and confis-
cated. There was no doubt something irregular in the
equipment of the ships and the purposes of the expedi-
tion, or the Government would not have adopted such
proceedings. He could not grant a warrant or a sum-
mons, or interfere in any way whatever. The transac-
tion was one of a highly illegal nature, and none of the
people who had been ejected from the vessel had any
business there at all. The Government, if it thought
proper, could indict every person connected with General
Flores' expedition. He would have nothing whatever
to do with the case, unless he was asked for warrants
against the parties who got up and joined the expedition.
Mr. Campbell, the paymaster, produced the ship's
articles to show they were of the ordinary description,
and said he had also joined the Glenelg, and was to pro-
ceed by Ferrol by the run, and his passage was to be
paid back to England. He complained of the rough and
unceremonious way in which he had been treated, but he
more particularly complained -that a number of poor men,
in a most destitute condition, had been turned out of the
vessel into the snow, some with no clothes at all on, and
others only half-dressed. One man, whose collar- bone
was broken was, despite his sufferings, turned out of his
berth, and was then in the court, with a counterpane
over his shoulders. Two sick and disabled men were also
thrust out of their berths into the snow. He trusted that
the magistrate would sympathise with the sufferings of
the poor men who were going out in the Glenelg as
emigrants. Any relief extended to them would be most
gratefully acknowledged.
Mr. BALLANTINE repeated that he could have nothing
to do with the case, and that the Custom-house and
police-officers were responsible to their superiors. If
Mr. Campbell, and the gentlemen who accompanied him
considered themselves aggrieved, they could memorialise
the GovernmeLt.

Mr. Campbell said, a memorial was forwarded to the
Government some (lays ago, and no answer had been
returned to it. He considered the magistrate was ap-
pointed to do justice between the Queen and her subjects,
and that the poor pe6ple in the court were entitled to
protection and to justice, without reference to the Go-
vernment at all.

Mr. BALLANTINE sail there was no case before him in
which he had a right to interfere, and smilingly obsyryed
to Mr. Campbell, that the Government was too powerful
for either of them to contend with.

Mr. Briggs and Mr. Campbell both contended that the
Custom-house authorities and the police had acted in a
very arbitrary and illegal manner, but failed to convince
the magistrate of that ; and, as he peremptorily de-
clined to interfere, the gentlemen retired.
The whole of the crew and emigrants were then mus-
tered in the skittle ground and yard of the Prince of
Wales Tavern, opposite, and Mr. Campbell, after ex-
plaining to them the result of his interview with the ma-
gistrate, said he had no orders from his superiors re-
specting them, but he would take it upon himself to give
each of them Is., a slice of bread and cheese, and a pint
of beer. That was all he could do for them. The men
gave three cheers, and one and all thanked Mr. Ca:np-
bell. The landlord of the house provided the men with
the refreshments, which were soon devoured. In the
evening the men dispersed in different directions.
An application was made by some of the emigrants
in the course of the day to Mr. Symons, the chief clerk,
during the temporary absence of the mgaistrate; they
sail they bad paid 15s. each for their passage, and their
case was very different from the sailors'. Mr. Symons
said the magistrate would not grant process to any of
tlltn, and had declared his intention of issuing warrants
against every individual connected with the expedition if he
were applied to, and a proper case made out. A sailor
then compl tined that his cheat and hammock were de-
tained on board the Glenelg, and he was told the magis-
trate could do nothing for him.
The dit-m intling of the Glenelg was proceeded with
after the people left her, and strict orders have been
given not to al:ow the crew and emigrants again en
board, who were to be converted into soldiers on the ar-
rival of the expedition at the Ecuador, and very sorry
troops-they would have made. We understand that the
reason the people were turned out of the Glenelg so un-
ceremoniously was, that they had received three days'
notice to quit, and refused to leave the ship.

CURIOUS TRIAL FOR MURDER
IN FRANCE.

Several months ago a shepherd who was tending a
flock in a wood near the village of Cerneilles (Seine-et-
Oise), saw a piece of blue printed cotton on the ground,
and taking hold of it, met with a resistance which in-
duced him to rake up the earth, on doing which, he found
part of the body of a female which had been buried.
The authorities were apprised by him of what he had
discovered, and the body, which was in an advanced
state of decomposition, was taken up and examined by
some medical men, who declared that it was the remains
of a female of about 17 or 18 years of age. As a girl of
that age, named Hoyer, was missing, and it was known
that she had been last seen with a young man named
Drouart, he was arrested on a charge of murder, and
thrown into prison, where he remained for some time, until,
fortunately for him and the cause of justice, the girl, who
was not dead but had removed to another part of the
country, came forward and he was set at liberty. As a
mistake had taken place in the identity of the body, the po-
lice began to inquire whether any other female was mis-
sing, and ascertained that a woman named Catherine,
who had been living as a servant at a farm in the neigh-
bourhood, where she had saved between 200 and 300
francs, had quitted her service in Company with a man
named Quenneville, a servant at the same farm, and of
about the same age, who had Itlred her away under pre-
text of having procured her a better place, and had him-
self quitted his service, and that part of the country.
This woman had not since been heard of. Several per-
sons who had known her swore to the dress in which she
was found, anti near the spot had been found several
other articles of dress, the contents of the bundle which
she carried when she left the farm. The only circum-
stance which would warrant any doubt as to her
identity was the evidence of the medical men who had
xamined the body. This, however, they explained,
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person of 35,
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ex-
tent as to be considered almost an idiot, would present
the same physical character as that of a female of
half that age possessed of sound intellect. On the other
hand, the charges against Quenneville, who was arrested
intellect, thatct, wilhtiech
almost as soon as the boiy had been identified, were very
strong. It was proved on the examination before the
examining magistrate, that he had told his fellow ser-
vants that he would one day get hold of the savings of
Catherine by pretending to find a place for her, and, on
her accompanying him, getting her money and (pitting
her. They left the farm together, Quenneville carrying
one of her bundles. He was traced from place to place,
spending much more money than he could account for:
his knife was found near the spot were the body was
buried. It was proved that he had dropped near that
spot, and quite out of the road which he pretended to
have taken, a certificate of service which he had returned
to claim. The death of the female was caused by stran-
gulation. It appeared that Quenueville had in the first in-
stance hanged her to the branch of a tree, with the view
of having it supposed that she had committed suis
tide ; but when some days had elapsed, and he knew
that the body had not been discovered, he returned and
buried it. In order to procure, without exciting sus-
picion, the tools required for this purpose, he pretended
that he was about to go to work with some parlors,
and purchased a spade, pickaxe, &c., for ten francs.
The night after this purchase he was seen near the
wood, and on the following day he sold the tools for one-
half the sum that he had paid for them, and then left
the neighbourhood for good. lie could not on his ex-
amination account for the way in which he had passed
the night on which, according to the indictment,
he had interred his victim, except by stating that
he had slept under a haystack. As he had money
in his pocket, however and had been at two public-
houses in the course of the same evening, at
either of which he could have had a bed, this
explanation was not at all satisfactory. The prisoner
was brought to trial on the 10th before the Court of
Assize for the department, and the trial, from the im-
mense number of witnesses called, lasted three days. In
his defence Quenneville denied that he had ever ex-
pressed an intention of robbing Catherine of her money,
and attempted to account for his having spent more than
he was known to possess, by stating that he had saved
three hundred francs, which he had concealed in a stable
until he quitted his service. Ile admitted that he had
told a falsehood in sa3ing to the poor woman that he
had obtained a place for her, but asserted that he had
only accompanied her a short distance, when they had a
dispute and separated. This defence against a host of
strong circumstantial evidence was of no avail, and the
jury brought in a verdict of guilty without extenuating
circumstances. He was consequently sentenced to death.
—Galignani.

TREA7ENT of PIGS.—A farmer made the follow•
ing experiment in
the treatment of pigs. He put six
pigs together fur seven weeks. Three of them ho left
to shift for themselves, and he had three of them curry-
combed and well cared for. At the expiration of the
seven weeks the latter consumed five bushels of peas less
than the former, and weighed two stone four pounds
more than they did,