The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-20 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The wind moderated, and
we had fine weather at Portsmouth. The Fantome brig
(that ought to have been at Plymouth long ago), has
sailed for that port, taking 'down seamen and boys for
the Calliope. The London and Margaretta Evans also
sailed for New York.

Eifi❑ Royal yacht, returned to Portsmouth on Friday
night, having conveyed his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, to
Osborne, from Southampton to Osborno and back.

Lieutenant William Campbell (1810) has accspted the
promotion of retired commander, under the Order in
Council of 1830, without increase of pay.
Captain Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, we are sorry to
hear, is seriously indisposed from the effects of a painful
operation.
The Famtome, 12, Commander Gennys, sailed from
Spithead for Plymouth and New Zealand yesterday
morning.
The Cumberland. 70, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir
George Seymour, K.C.8., will be -hastened to this port
from Chatham to complete her complement and outfit.
Mr. Saunders, late commander of the North Star in
the Polar expedition, leaves England to-morrow in the
Indus to proceed to Malta, to which dockyard he is ap-
pointed Master Attendant.
The appointment of Mr. Penn, Master of the Britan-
nia, 120, to the Victoria and Albert Royal yacht, and
that of Mr. King to the Britannia, vice Penn, have been
recalled, and Mr. John Aylen, Master, commanding the
steam troopship Birkenhead, is appointed to the Royal
yacht, vice BiAdlecombe.
The Birkenhead is ordered to be fitted with another
poop to complete her efficiency as a troop ship, and the
new iron frigate Simoom, if found on trial fit for similar
service, will also be fitted as a troop steamer to carry
1,000 men.
A butt, to represent the section of both sides of a
line-of-battle ship, is being constructed in this dockyard,
against which percussion shells, by several projectors, are
to be tested. It is reported that some of the Lords of
the Admiralty will be present at the trials.

The following appointments and changes have been
made in the China squa3ron by .ttear-Admiral C. J.
Austen, C. 8., the Commander-in-Chief:—
Lieutenants—Patrick Johnson, from the Hastings, to
be First of the Reynard, vice S. Dickens, invalided; E.
J. Lawson. from the Contest Co the Sphynx; A. Camp-
bell, from the Serpent to the Hastings.
Assistant-Surgeons—J. W. Bradshaw, from the Ama-
zon to the Royalist; W. Telfer , from the Hastings to
the Amazon.

Acting Second Master—D. H. Speer, from the Amazon
;o the Hastings.

Clerh—Ecissivard Millman, from the Amazon to the
Hastings.
Midshipmen—John D'Arcy, from the Pilot, to the
Hastings; F. Williams, from the Amazon to the Hastings.
Secretary's Clerks—Albert J. W. Roberts, to be chief
clerk to the secretary of the Commander-in-Chief, rice
Crouch, deceased; F. W. Buan, to be junior clerk in the
Admiral's office.

ROYAL MARINES.
Captain Maillop of the Portsmouth division, Lieute-
tenants 0. F. C. Fraser and R. W. B. Hunt, four ser-
geants, two drummers, and 150 rank and file, embarked
on Tuesday in her Majesty's ship Cumberland, 70, at
Chatham, for service in that ship.
Major John Williams and Second Lieutenant John
Stroud Field, both on the reserved half-pay list, have
died recently.

First Lieutenant Arthur Ellis is appointed to the Mo-
narch, 84, at Sheerness.

Captain T. M. Payne, from the Powerful to the Su-
perb, vice Captain C. Miller, who exchanges.
Colour-Sergeant Tompkins and Private Robert M‘Dou-
gall have each been presented with the honorary medal
" for long services and good conduct," with gratuities—
the former 151. and the latter 51.
CHATHAM, JAN. 19.—The Apollo, 8, troop-ship,
Commander James Rawstorne, left Woolwich yesterday
afternoon, and dropped down the river on her way to
Sheerness.
An express arrived at, Woolwich yesterday evening
from the Admiralty to send the Monkey and Jasper
steam-vessels to Greenhithe at the earliest possible mo-
ment to tow the Hercules, 12, store and troop-ship,
Master-Commander Robert Fulton, through the Downs,
and the steamer left this morning at five o'clock for that
purpose. Mr. Stuart, the Government pilot, left Wool-
wich at the same time to pilot the Hercules into the Eng-
lish channel.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
COURSING.
THE LYTHAM MEETING, JAN., 15 TO 17.
The Great Clifton Cup, for 20 (all-aged) dogs, wai
won by Mr. Smith's Japhet; Mr. Rankisson's Whip-
cord ran up.
The Talbot Cup, for 24 (all-aged) dogs, was won by
Mr. Wilson's Ecelefechati; Mr. Bake nd Brandy ran up.
The Lytham Cup, for 24 (all-aged) dogs, was won by
Mr. Saddler nd Not-the-Archbishop; Mr. Marshall's
Lovel ran LIM
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

The Bath at. hds., to-morrow, Crown Inn,; Keyn-
sham; Fri., Direction Post, Warminston Down--lit.,to-morrow, Bitchfield;
W
The Duke of Beaufort's lids., Thurs., Yate Rocks;
Saturday, Bushton.
Sir R. S. Sutton's lids., to-morrow, Lodge-on-the-
Welds; Wed.' Steward's Hay; Thurs., Ibston-on-the-
HiTelldh;:l T 'Drhi.ar,keAee Queens;sohffoßrdubtyla;nFd:i.,
Sastuhco
rddsay, Seagrave— 11.
ld
Harbour.— 10i.
The Cottesmore hds., to-morrow, Ridiington; Thurs.,
Belnisthorpe; Saturday, Egleton-11.
Lord Yarborough's hds., Wed., Nettleton Lodge; Fri.,
Linwood Warren-11.
Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Wed., Bythorn Toll Bar; Fri-
day, Thornhaugh-10.
Mr. Hellier's lids., Tues., Kirkby-on-Bain; Thurs.,
Hainton; Sat., Calceby Beck-11.
Mr. M. Ingram's hds.o Thurs., Catton; Sat., Loxley-
-104.
The Donington hds., Tues., Chaddesden-hall; Sat.,
Coleorton-104.
The Essex Union hds., Wed., Crixea-hall; Sat., Stock
Ship-10i.
The East Essex lids., MRS, Crouch Fair Green ;
Thurs., Pebmarsh-street ; Sat., Kelvedon Ansel-10i.
The Essex and Suffolk lids., Tues , BDxted-hall;
Fri., Tattingstone White Horse-10i.
The South Essex hds., Tues., Bowers Gun; Sat.,
North Ockandon-10i.
The Suffolk hds., Tues.' Finborough-hall ; Thurs.,
Denston, Plumbers' Arms; Sat., Euston-hall-104.
Mr. Conliers's lids., Thurs., Langleys; Sat.,, Easton
Lodge-101.
The Durham County lids. ; Wed., Mainsforth ; Sat.,
Great Stainton-10i.
The Stockton and Billingeam harts., Thurs., Billing-
h am —lO/.
The Rally hds., Wed., Windleston ; Fri., limn,
staley-101.
The Hurworth hds., to-morrow, Entercommon ; Sat.,
Meashana-14

CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER AT THE
PECKHAM LUNATIC ASYLUM.
On Saturday the Hon. G. C. Norton was engaged
for nearly three hours in concluding the investigation in
which Samuel Hill, one of the keepers at Armstrong's
Peckham-house Asylum, was charged with having
caused the death of Moses James Barnes, a pauper in-
mate of that institution, by inflicting on him very seri-
ous injuries.

Mr. Bodkin, the barrister, attended on behalf of the
Commissioners in Lunacy, to prosecute; and Mr. Her-
ring, a solicitor, appeared on behalf of the accused.
Mr. Bodkin, addressing Mr. Norton, said he had the
honour to appear on behalf of the Commissioners in
Lunacy, one of whom, with their secretary and solicitor,
was also present, to prosecute in the present case, which
they conceived to be one of considerable public import.
ance. The coroner before whom the case had been in-
vestigated had, he (Mr. Bodkin) understood, refused,
from a conscientious but mistaken view of the law, to
receive as witnesses, and therefore rejected the evidence
as against the accused, of those patients who were in the
infirmary at the time, and who witnessed the prisoner's
violence towards the deceased. It would be his (Mr.
Bodkin's) duty now to place in the witness-box one of
these poor men, and he had no doubt whatever, after
hearing the statement of this poor man, the magistrate
would feel it to be his duty to send th© case to another
and higher court.
The Learned Counsel here desired that Richard Don-
nolly be called and sworn.

Mr. Herring, whose objections to his being received
as a witness had been overruled by the magistrate, ex-
amined Donnelly as to' his notions of the obligation of
an oath, and his answers were as lucid and satisfactory
as could be given. The oath was then administered to
him in the usual way, and he deposed as follows:—I am
an Irishman, and have been in Mr. Armstrong's Asylum
for about four years and four months. I knew the de-
ceased man Barnes. He was in the infirmary the latter
part of the time, and I slept next to him. I recollect
Christmas-day, it was on the Wednesday, and on the
Monday evening, before seven o'clock, the deceased, who
was a sulky man and easily excited, was desired to go
to bed, but he would not till Hill (the prisoner) came.
The prisoner behaved a little more hastily than usual,
and took hold of Barnes with both his hands by the
upper part of the arms, and threw him down suddenly
on the ground. I don't remember whether the
prisoner fell upon him or not; but Barnes came
down with his left shoulder undermost. Hill
helped him up and proceeded to strip him. The
deceased said he should not let Hill or myself put
him to bed, as he had not been hurt, and I
then said, "You have got your Christmas-box, poor
man." This I said to Barnes, in allusion to the fall he
received from Hill. Hill put the deceased to bed the
night after, without his making resistance. I believe
there was a slight struggle between the prisoner and
deceased before the fall. The fall was a hard one, and a
few minutes after the prisoner was gone Baines called
me to look .at his shoulder, and he complained of being
hurt. I felt the collar bone, and found that that was
not broken; and 'I tried to make as light of it as I could,
not thinking at the time that he received any serious
injury. There was nothing the matter with the de-
ceased before the fall I have named. The morning after
that fall the prisoner dressed him. The deceased com-
plained to Hill that his arm was very sore, and I think I
then said the collar bone was not hurt, I saw Meccas-
ter, one of the other keepers, coming into the infirmary
one morning, and deceased complained to him about his
arm, and the prisoner then lifted up the arm, and it
slided down, as if powerless. Hill said there was no-
thing the matter with it, and I then lifted it up, and
called the prisoner's attention to the hand, which I ob-
served was swollen. Ido not recollect Hill striking the
deceased, but he dressed him every morning, from tho
Monday till the Friday, when Dr. Hill came.

The witness was cross-examined at considerable length,
and in the course of it the prisoner's solicitor elicited the
fact, that he (witness) and two other pauper lunatics,
were in the habit of occasionally attending on the other
inmates of the infirmary, and that on the evening of the
encounter with the prisoner the deceased had irritated
Attwood, one of the patients, but no injury was done to
the former. Witness and Attwood were in the habit of
dressing the deceased and giving him his food , but he
used to resist them, and then Hill, the prisoner, was
obliged to be sent for. Was sure that Hill dressed the
deceased on Christmas morning, for on that day Baines
complained of having pains in his breast. Witness
had been examined several times since the death of
the deceased, but was not told by any person what he
should say.
In his re-examination the witness said the deceased
had not complained of injuries of any kind until after the
fall given to him by the prisoner, and that the prisoner
dressed him every morning from that time until he had
been. examined by the doctor, on the morning of Friday,
the 27th of December.
At the conclusion of the witness's evidence, Mr. Nor-
ton remarked that he had never heard evidence given
with, to his mind, and he was sure also to the minds of
all who heard it, greater truth.
Moncaster, a keeper in ➢dr. Armstrong's Asylum, was
here recalled, and in reply to the questions put to him,
said the delusion under which the deceased laboured
was;that sometimes be had one butt of beer,°,and at other
times two butts of beer in his inside.
The prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at
the ensuing session at the Old Bailey, for manslaughter.