The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-05 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVICNING, OCTOI3I4R

NAVAL COURT-MARTIAL.
PLvistourn, OCT. 3.—This morning a court- martial
was held on board her Majesty's ship San Josef, 110,
now lying in Hamoaze, on two men, named Thomas
Keane, an ordinary seaman belonging to the Cale-
donia, 120, Captain Carter, and Thomas Murphy, a
private of the third class of the 19th company of ti,e
Plymouth division of the Royal Marines, on the four
following charges :—1 st, With having deserted from
the Caledonia on the night of the 14th of September
last; 2d, With having stolen 215., a blue cloth pea
coat, one blue cloth round jacket, and one red figured
silk handkerchief, the property of John Ellenborough,
of the Caledonia; 3d, With having stolen a blue cloth
round jacket, a handkerchief, a pair of boots, and a
pair of stockings, belonging to Robert Kempt Philp,
ordinary seaman ; and 4th, With having stolen a
black cloth cap belonging to John Lampier, an ordi-
nary seaman.
In consequence of the fleet being now in the Sound
there was a very large court, and an unusually large
attendance of naval officers on board. Rear-Admiral
of the Red Sir John Louis, Bart., the port admiral,
presided ; and the other members of the court were
Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., of the
St. Vincent, 120; Captain Mends, of the Agincourt,
72 ; Captain W. F. Martin, of the Prince Regent,
32 ; Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Amphion steamer ;
Captain Baynes, C. 8,, of the Blenheim, 56; Captain
Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8., of the San Josef; 110 ;
and Captain Dacres. William Eastlake, Esq., offi-
ciated as judge advocate. The prisoners were un-
defended.
The facts of the case are these:—On the
night of the 14th of September a private ma-
rine, who was on the watch, about twelve
o'clock, heard a noise, and ran to the side of
the ship. He there saw two men in a boat, and
after giving an alarm, he and others were sent in
pursuit of the men to Borisand, on the eastern shore
of the Sound, where they picked up the boat that
had been taken away from the Caledonia, which ship
was at that time lying in the Sound. The men that
were sent in pursuit went over the hills, and searched
about for an hour and a half, but were unable to find
either of the prisoners. They then returned to the
ship, and on the morning of the 16th, a sergeant and
some other men were sent on shore to Plymouth, to
endeavour to find the prisoners, who, it was ascer-
tained, had left the ship. The prisoners could not
be found in Plymouth, but, on _the sergeant making
inquiry at the station of the South Devon Railway,
it was found that two persons, of a similar description,
had that morning gone to Exeter. Thither the
sergeant went, and after some inquiry the prisoners
were found, with most of the property that had been
stolen in their possession. They were then taken to
the Guildhall, at Exeter, and on the next day
brought down to the Caledonia in custody. On their
return to the ship the property that had been stolen,
with the exception of the money, was claimed by three
seamen, to whom it belonged, who now also identi-
fied it. On the investigation of the case it appeared
that the boat was not taken till two minutes after the
clock had struck twelve at midnight on the 14th, and
this led to a great deal of inquiry, the Court appa-
rently thinking that the prisoners could not be found
guilty upon that charge. If that was their opinion,
the difficulty was got over, for after the court had
been closed a short time it was re-opened, and the
Judge-Advocate said he was authorised by the
prisoners to state that they acknowledged the deser-
tion and threw themselves on the mercy of the
Court, but denied the robbery.
The court was again cleared, and, after an hour-
and-a-half's deliberaticn, on its being re-opened the
Judge Advocate read the decision.

Coual was of opinion that the first and fourth
charges had been proved, and that the second and
third charges had been partially proved; and the
Court, in consequence, adjudged that the prisoners
should each receive fifty lashes with a cat-enine-tails
on their bare backs, on board her Majesty's ship
Caledonia, to which they belong, at such time or
times, and in such proportions, as the Commander
in- Chief of her Majesty's ships at Plymouth shall
direct ; and the Court further adjudged that the pri-
soners shall be imprisoned in the gaol at Exeter for
twelve calendar months, to be kept to hard labour, to
be mulcted of all pay due to them in the service, and
to lose all the time which they have respectively
served in the Royal Navy and in the Royal Marines.

The Board of Trade have appointed E. E. Smith,
RN., shipwright surveyor, and T. Stuart, Esq., engineer,
under the 9th and 10th Vic., c. 100, and the 11th and
12th Vic., c. 81, to examine and report on the hull and
machinery of all steam-vessels in the Port of London.
Vessels are liable to survey twice a year, viz., in October
and April.
BELGIAN PROM:TM—The steam-ship Triton, from
Ostend, brought the large quantity of seventy-four ham-
pers and boxes of poultry, the produce of Belgium, in-
cluding, as may be supposed, considerable quantities of
geese for the supply of the markets at this particular
season. The same vessel also brought seventy sheep of
Belgian production, which is a large increase on former
supplies.

DISASTROUS FLOOD.—WORCESTER, WEDNESDAY.
—ln coast quence of the extraordinary fall of rain i
this and the neighbouring counties during the last
ten
days, all the rivers and smaller streliena h
swollen to an alarming height, and much destruagove bneeof
property has consequently taken place. The flood upon
the Avon, throughout its course from Stratford, through
Evesham, Bershore, Tewkesbury, &c., has been unpre-
cedented, and flocks of sheep Lel other animals have
been destroyed. At Stratford-on-Avon many of the
roads are four and five feet deep in water, and traffic
has been suspended. In the town the warehouses and
dwellings near the river have also been flooded. At
Evesham the inhabitants of the houses in the lower part
of the town, near the river, have been either driven out
obliged altogether or have been to take refuge in the
upper stories of their houses, where provisions are
brought to them in boats. The N° rthwick Arms, the
principal inn in Bingworth, is inaccessible. The river
is swollen into a rolling torrent, and bears upon it the
wrecks of furniture, sheds, hay ricks, &c., carried off by
the flood. The flood wasat its height yesterday, when
several serious accidents happened, but as yet we have
heard of no loss of human life A subscription is being
raised in Evesham for the relief of the poor sufferers in
the town. At Pershore the
' toll-gate near the river has
and ad
been loc
cent ked up for two days, the passage over the bridge
Many personsave lost shoe
arts bein too dangerous to attempt.
di and The on
the Severn has not been so
sastrous.cattle. The waters are
subsiding to-day.
EXPERIMENT ny THE lIILECTRIC TELEGRAPH
COMPANY.—An experiments was made at Manchester,
yesterday, by Mr. Cox, superintendent of the Electric
onstants, as to the practica-
'ilJi'elilte).roafpphaCssoimngpaenleyc,Wtraiin
reed
currentsW along covered wires
under water. The
that ordinarily used, of
copper, wrapped with cotto was
sand then passed through
shellac and coated outsin4 with India-rubber (cold
naphtha being used to cement . the latter). One end of
the wire was in commohic
Company's instruments at the with the Telegraph
toloffince near the Exchange,
and the other end with an
side of
of Mr. W. Gas-
kell's mill, on the Salford of the river, at about 500
of
the
of distance. A portion
of about half a mile in lea wire, including a coil
was submerged in the
river Irwell. Communications'
wire with the ordinar were passed along the
y
facilitY, and the experiment ap-
pears, so far, to have answered.
EMIGRATION.—PLYMO,II_,T; 04DT. 3.—The Man-
chester, 600 tons, Captain .e orsayth sailed on Thursday
last, with 236 emigrants, for Port Philip. The Thomas
Arbuthnot, 621 tons, Captain Heaton, sailed to-day,
with 263 emigrants, for Sydney. The Samuel Bodding-
ton, Captain Huish, is now in the Sound to take emi-
grants for Port Adelaide. All the above ships are under
engagement to the Colonial Laud and Emigration Com-
missioners. Besides these ships, Messrs. Marshall and
Edridge have dispatched the Candahar from London,
and will call here for emigrants. The date to leave
Plymouth is the 7th inst. She will have 150 adults on
board. The Candahar will be succeeded by the Glenelg,
a fine vessel of 1,500 tons register, which is bound to
Adelaide and Port Philip, and will leave here on the
25th inst. These ships, like those sent otitabnyd thaere
Com-
missioners, carry experienced surgeons,
vic-
tualled, fitted, &c., under the inspection of the
Govern-
ment emigration agent.
A MOTHER STABBED BY HER OWN SON.--A few
days ago we reported the examination of
a Young man
named Edward Corbett, a joiner, on a charge of having
stabbed his own mother, and also a man named Plumb.-
As wo then stated, the charge was not gone into, bath
the wounded parties being so seriously injured as to pre-
vent their appearance in court. The prisoner was con-
_
ss quently remanded, in expectation that
they would be
sufficiently recovered to appear and prosecute, but the
female's life has since been in such jeopardy that it has
been found necessary to take her deposition at the Royal
Infirmary, in the presence du magistrate. As she still
continues in a dangerous state, it has been deemed expe-
dient that only one case should be taken against the
pri_
toner, that for stabbing the man, and on Monday he was
brought up and evidence was gone into, when he was
committed for trial at the assizes. As we have previ-
Gusty stated, the prisoner went to his mother's house in-
xasperated,
toxicated, and finding her inbed with the man Plumb,
with whom she lived in adulte r by, he was so e
that he pulled out a knife from his pocket and stabbed
them both.—Manchester Courier.
QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.—The Rev. Dr.
through
Warneford has presented to Queen's College,
Mr. W. S. Cox, the munificent donation of 1,000/ , to be
applied to such purposes and uses as may be cons'idered
by the Rev. Chancellor Law, the Rev. Vaughan Thomas,
and Mr. Sands Cox, most beneficial to the institution.
The Principal, Vice-Principal, Dean of the Faculty, and
Council, inspected the new buildings at
ge,
e
Queen's College
on Friday morning. They consist of a theatre,
a th
a chemical laboratory, an anatomical room, and addi-
tional apartments for the students. The chapel has also
had a recess made for an organ. Tho buildings
rmingharn cons-
prise two sides of the intended quadrangte.--Bi
Gazette.

ENCLOSURE AND CULTIVATION OPALNWICK MOOR,
OR AYDON FOREST.--This immense wilderness, contain-
ing upwards of three thousand acres of land/ a large
portion of which is capable
of cultivation, is about to
be reclaimed. Proposals having that object in view have
been made by the Alnwick freemen to the Duke of
Northumberland, and his Grace has returned a favour-
able answer.

Scarlet fever is at present very prevalent in this
town. Last week one-fourth of the entire deaths within
the borough were from this disoase.—Liverpool Courier.

FRANCE.
[The following appeared in our Third Edition of
last night]:--
All the Paris papers of yesterday comment on the
programme of the foreign policy of the Red Republic,
enunciated at the tribune of the Assembly on MoniLly
by M. Ledru Rollin. Of these by far the most im-
portant (as exhibiting the policy
which M. Lamar-
tine would wish to see pursued) is the following
commentary from the Bien Public :—" We have
confidence in the negotiations of the Cabinet. The
terrible tempest which has just passed over Europe
has swept away the absolutism of pretensions.
Prudence is henceforth the necessity of Governments.
We hope, then, that diplomacy will succeed in
resolving the question of Italy pacifically and
equitably. Yes, pacifically, for if our army had entered
Lombardy, according to the promises of M. de Lamar-
tine, it would only have been to treat of peace more
rapidly, more efficaciously, at the mouth of our
cannon. Yes, pacifically, for we cannot accept,
with M. Ledru Rollin, the system of wars of pre-
caution— if it be not even dishonouring the name of
system, to call thus that desperate policy, that
national wrath thrown blindly on our frontiers
at the greatest sacrifices of taxes, blood, tears,
requisitions, and for what ? For an hypothesis,
without any other probable result than to change
that underhand and continued work of ideas which
makes Europe the intellectual ally of the French
nation. There is, besides, no policy easier than that
of musket shots. It is the policy of vulgar states-
men and diplomatists in embarrassment. War
dispenses with genius ; it is the brutal expedient of
mediocrity. It frees governments from the necessity
of resolving questions ; it enables them to impose
silence on theories, to adjourn the most terrible
problems of society. It replaces the droit au travail
by the right to get the throat cut."
The Prefect of Police has just published the fol-
lowing address to the inhabitants of Paris :
" Citizens !—The capital continues to enjoy the
most perfect tranquillity and the greatest security.
The accounts from the departments are of a nature to
consolidate this happy state of things. On all sides, in
fact, work is being resumed; most of the factories and
workshops have resumed their operations, and some of
then have again become as active as in the most pros-
perous years. The last decree for regulating the hours of
workgave rise to some difficulties, but these are daily
subsiding. Under these circumstances the authorities do
not forget that it belongs to them to cause commercial
and individual freedom to be respected in an equal
degree, and that they are bound to protect the ma-
jorities of peaceable workmen against the sometimes
tyrannical dictation of turbulent minorities, This
duty we will endeavour to perform without either
partiality or weakness, and we hope that ere long
amicable arrangements will insure peace and
regularity among the men employed in every
branch of industry. These ameliorations, citizens,
would be but a sterile progress unless they
were extended at the same time to both political
and moral order. The old contending parties now
understand and proclaim the necessity of conciliation.
But what effect would this word conciliation have in
coming from the lips, if hatred and mistrust still
dwell in the bottom of men's hearts ? Our divisions
can only perpetuate mistrust and public misery. By
the side of those who would destroy the Republic by
their impatience and exaggerated ideas, there are
others who would willingly stifle Democracy under
pretence of rendering it moderate. The true friends
of liberty cannot coincide with either the one or the
other. The revolution of Feburary sought not either
terror or privileges, and it is only by marching
steadily in this path that we can save the Republic
and society. The supplies brought to the markets
are all that can be desired. We announced in our
last bulletin the increase in the goldsmiths' work and
jewellery. We can now prove it by the account fur-
nished us from the Mint.
Gold. Silver. Intrinsic values.
July 56k. 141 gr. 615 k. 375 gr. 278,815 f.
August 105 k. 067 gr. 1,183 k. 950 gr. 516,837 f.
Sept. 129 k. 807 gr. 1,353 k. 750 gr. 615,878 f.
This movement in the dealing in luxuries is a happy
indication of that which must have been made in most
of the other branches of industry. In drapery and
in general in woollen goods the progress has been
sensible. In bronze works, plated ware, and even in
cabinet work, which has been greatly suffering, a
large number of men have been recalled into employ-
, went and are executing orders from abroad. The
great works of public utility, of which we made men-
tion in our last bulletin, are still being carried on
with activity. Important manufactories in different
quarters of the capital are daily requiring fresh
workmen. At all points there is manifested a ten-
dency to a resumption of business, which was for a
time suspended by the agitations caused by the elec-
tions. The amounts of the deposits in the Savings'
Bank were on the 24th and 25th ult., 39,667 f. by
384 depositors, of whom 88 were new. The sums
lent on pledge by the Mont de Piete amounted to
528,922 f., and the redemptions to 499,240 f. There
has been a progressive improvement, though slow, in
the condition of the workmen. Out of the 28,761
who inhabit the furnished lodging-houses there are
20,892 who have work. Thus the number of men
out of work is reduced to 7,869. From the 18th to
the 28th ult., there entered into hotels and furnished
lodgings 7,950 French and 1,346 foreigners. From
the 23d to the 29th there were granted 1,708 pass-
ports to French citizens and 647 to foreigners.
From the 20th to the 29th ult., two convoys
conveyed to Havre 695 prisoners in the affair of
June. The prisons contained 3,391 ordinary pri-
soners. At this time they have only 542 involved
in the affair of June. The number of simple thefts
is upon the average 7 a-day; that by house-breakers
since the 20th ult. is 22. The number of the deaths
in consequence of the affair of June is up to to-day
1,454. The public health was never in a more satis-
factory state. The alarming reports which have been
spread, either through malevolence or fear, as to
the invasion of epidemic diseases, must cease now
that the administrative investigations have ascertained
and demonstrated their falsity. From the 15th to the
nth ult. the receipts of the theatres amounted to
913,683 f. 78c.
" Paris, 2d October.

" DUCOUX."

TUSCANY.
The Corriere Livornese of the 25th ult. announces
that tranquillity continues to reign at Leghorn. On
the return of the Gonfaloniere from Florence, the
municipality publishes a decree ordering that the
Fortezza Vecchir should be occupied by the people
and Civic Guard, with half their number of artillery-
men ; and that the organization of the Provisional
Civic Guard should be immediately proceeded with.

MR. WILSON'S FARE WELL NIGHT.
PRESENTATION OF A DUST TO SCOTIA'S MINSTREL.
This eminent vocalist and distinguished favourite
of his fellow-townsmen having announced his inten-
tion of taking farewell of his friends in this city pre-
vious to his visit to America, on Saturday night a
large assemblage congregated in the Music Hall,
which testified the warm feelings they entertained to-
wards him, not merely of esteem as a gentleman of
high moral excellence, but as the most accomplished,
the best, and the nr,st successful interpreter of
the songs of Scotland. The assembled multitude
came not to hear Jenny Lind, nor Alhoni, nor
the combined powers of Roger, Belletti, and
Balfe. No; 'Wilson the Scottish Minstrel was the
star in the ascendant, and there for two hours did he
stand warbling those songs which he has made so
popular, and warbling them in such a way as rivetted
the attention of the audience from first to last, with-
out allowing it for a single moment to flag. Excel-
lence in any of the arts is of very slow growth, and
only to be acquired by long experience, added to the
possession of natural and acquired qualifications.
Wilson has reached a point of excellence in the
singing of his songs which is the result of long
experience; and, combined with his powers of
perception of the beauties and quaintnesses
of the poetry, his musical knowledge, and the
possession of a fine manly tenor voice, with per-
fact intonation, one cannot help feeling, on hearing
him, that he delivers his songs, heroic, pathetic, or
humorous, just in the way they ought to be sung or
recited. What would not Burns have given to hea!,
Wilson sing his " Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled,"
his " Bonnie Jean," or his satirical "My spouse
Nancy ? " How would old Hector Macneill have
rejoiced to hear his " Saw ye my wee ?
thing? ” and
his "My Boy Tammy," given by Wilson . How
would the keen grey eye of Sir Walter Scott have
glistened if he could have heard Wilsy tell his
gallant tale of " Young
Lochinvar, or pour
forth his glorious gathering song ofhis
"Pibroch
from
mve comeinto
o' Donald Dhu ? " Though,
un-
paralleled success, many imitators
the field, yet Wilson still stands alone as the first
singer of our national swigs, and his friends rallied
round him on Saturday, to bid him God speed on his
voyage, and to wish him success in the New World.
The programme contained a fine selection of songs of
all kinds, and being in excellent voice and spirits, he
gave them all with even more than his wonted vigour.
Besides the songs in the programme, he introduced
a new one by James Ballantine, the burden of
which is " Ilka blade o grass keps its ain drip
o dew," and the beauty of which was highly ap-
preciated. He sang also with great effect the boat-
song from the Lady of the Lake, " Hail to the
Chief;" and concluded the evening's entertainment
by singing the truly national song of " Scots wha
hae wi' Wallace bled." After which a bust of Scotia's
minstrel, fresh from the studio of Mr. A. Handyside
Ritchie, was displayed to the audience, and Mr.
John Dick, Treasurer of the City, stepped forward
and addressed Mr. Wilson in the following words :
" Sir,—l have been deputed by a few of my fel-
low-citizens to.present you with this bust, as a token
of their esteem for your character as a man, and their
admiration of your talents as a vocalist.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
MANCHESTER AND SOUTHPORT.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at Manchester; Mr. George Wilson in the
chair.

The report stated that the directors deemed it ad.
visable to proceed in the first instance with that sec-
tion of the line which will form the connecting link
through Wigan between the east and west portion of
the Liverpool and Bury Railway, and the opening of
which for traffic prior to the 31st of December next
will, under the terms of the arrangement with the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, co-entitle the
shareholders to dividends from that date on the capital
expended upon the works. The directors are aware
that the entire completion of the line can alone make
it fully remunerative to its projectors, and they look
with confidence to their being enabled steadily to ad-
vance towards this desirable result without unduly
pressing upon the resources of the shareholders.
The accounts to the 30th of June showed that
189,9121. had been received, and 110,0101. expended,
including 64,2341. on Parliamentary proceedings,
leaving a balance of 78,9021. The engineer's report
stated that the portion of the line at Wigan, three
miles in length, including the most expensive part of
the undertaking, would be completed next month.
The remainder of the line between Manchester and
Southport was staked out, and the plans and sections
were prepared.
The CHAIRMAN intimated that the directors had
procured an extension of the time for purchasing the
land on that portion of the line yet to be made. The
extension was for two years, but the policy of the
company must, in a great measure, depend upon that
of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company, which
had the largest number of shares in the undertaking.
The expense of the line at the other end would be
but little, and no doubt that portion would be highly
remunerative.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr.
BARNES, the reports were adopted.
Mr. TAYLOR made some inquiries as to the pur-
chasing up of the shares by the Lancashire and York-
shire Company.
The CHAIRMAN said he could not enter upon any
question of that kind, as the board of the Manchester
and Southport Company had nothing to do with it.
They had neither bought nor sold shares, and the
-matter was altogether a private arrangement by in-
dividual shareholders with the other company.
A SHAREHOLDER said, half the capital of the
company having been expended on the line at Wigan,
he wanted to see how far the other half would go
towards making the rest.
Several of the directors assured him that the rest of
the line would be easily and cheaply made. At South-
port there was a dead level.
The accounts were then passed, Mr. Agnew and
Mr. Firth appointed the auditors, and Messrs. T. ,t
Broadbent, H. Smith, and R. A. Thicknesse, retiring
directors, re-elected. The meeting then broke up. d
M--

IDLAND GREAT WESTERN OF IRELAND.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
on Friday at Dublin - Mr. J. Ennis in the chair.
The report stated that the traffic had been carried
on with great regularity and safety, and that there
was a steady increase in the receipts. The revenue
during the past half-year amounted to 24,6971., being
an average of 950/ per week exclusive of the large
amount of mail service performed, payment for which
was now in course of arrangement. The continuation
of the railway to Mullingar had been steadily carried
forward, and would be opened for traffic on Monday,
the 2d of October. This would complete the first
section of the main trunk line, and carry it to a point
which will afford a much better opportunity for de-
veloping the traffic than the former temporary termini.
The Bill for the deviation of the line from Mullingar
to Athlone had received the Royal assent, thus grant-
ing to the company the whole of the undertaking as
originally projected. The board regret that they
are not now in a position to proceed at once
with the construction of this portion of the
line, which they consider so important to the west
of Ireland. The directors entertain a confident ex-
pectation of aid from the public funds on advanta-
geous terms, without which it is not their intention
to proceed further at present. The directors have
relinquished one-half the amount voted by the pro-
prietors for the attendance of the board during the
past year, and have also made arrangements for
effecting all the reductions at present practicable in
the expenditure. The engineering expenses will be
diminished. The solicitors' and legal expenses will
also be very much reduced, and no further Parlia-
mentary proceedings are contemplated. The profits
of the half-year will cover the payments for interest
on calls. The directors have used every exertion for
obtaining payment of the arrears on calls, and will
use every legitimate means in their power to defer, as
long as possible, the necessity of further calls. The
engineer's report stated that the Government Inspec-
tor had reported favourably of the line extending from
the Hill of Down to Mullingar, a distance of 14
miles. The line between Dublin and Kinnegad sta.
tion has been safely worked for about a year. The
coke ovens are nearly constructed, and will shortly be
ready for use, by which a considerable saving will be
made in the cost of coke.
The CHAIRMAN, on moving the adoption of the
report, stated that it was their intention to make
calls on the half-shares, and when these were re-
sponded to it would be their duty and their interest
to prosecute that line. Their line was incomplete
until it extended to the banks of the Shannon.
There it would receive all the traffic which was at
present engrossed by the Grand Canal, and until
their line finally reached Athlone on the one side, and
Longford on the other, he would consider it an in-
complete concern. Their railway had hitherto pro-
ceeded through a peaceful, industrious, and well-
tenanted country, and it was to those facts he looked
for a large amount of remuneration.
Mr. WORKMAN said, that railways were in a very
depressed state, and that depression arose in a very
great measure from calls being made upon the railway
stock of the country to the extept of 3,000,000/. a
month. The best course woul(Cke to allow share-
holders a little rest from the payment of calls.
The CHAIRMAN said it was not contemplated to
press fbe works beyond Mullingar, unless they re-