The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-29 00:00:00

THAMES.

SANGUINARY AFFRAY AMONG GERMANS.—Casper
Henry Sherbremer, a German sugar baker, was brought
before Mr. Selfe, charged with stabbing Jacob Lant, or
Lynch, and Henry Bruell, two other Germans.
Bruell, whose hand and arm were bandaged, said he
went to the Black Horse public-house in Fieldgate-street,
Whitechapel, on Saturday night. There was music and
lancing going on. He went up stairs and joined in the
revelries. , The prisoner was there, and he was very tight
and quarrelsome. Witness said, " Why do you quarrel,
we are all country people here," on which the prisoner
stabbed a man on the head. That man was in the hos-
pital, and was expected to die.
Mr. Selfe—And what did he do to you ?
Witness—Then he stabbed me on the head and on the
arm, and I lost a good deal of blood.
Mr. Selfe—What did you say to him ?
Witness—All I said was, "What do you want to fight
for ?" and then he took out his knife and stabbed us.

The prisoner, in German, said he had witnesses to prose
let it was not him that inflicted the wounds.

Martin Schensefeil, a baker, said he was sitting at a
table alongside the musicians, while his country people
were dancing, and the prisoner took up a knife and stabbed
the man who was in the hospital on the head.
Mr. Dutus, a Prussian, who acted as interpreter, said
that the musicians who were present at the Black Horse on
Saturday night would attend and give evidence, if
necessary.
Mr. Selfe—l have a medical certificate that the man in
the hospital is in a dangerous condition. I shall remand
the prisoner until Tuesday, the 6th of November.

T.HIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Oct. 29.—Wind this day at noon—North-East;
moderate breeze, anti fine weather.
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DEAL o.ct. 21.—Wind calm.—Arrived—Mercedes, from
Hong Kong ; Caroline, from Port-au-Prince. Oct. 29.
Wind S.E.—Arrived—lda, .from the River for Rio do
Janeiro.

PLYMOUTH, Oct. 28.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Tiphee,
for Sydney.
QuEENsTowN, Oet. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—En-
clora, from Callao.
Por.TsmouTH, Oct. 28.—Wini. S.B.—Sailed—Hore-
fordshire, for Ceylon and Bombay ; Mellaff, for New
York.
FALMOUTH, Oct. 28.—Wind variable..—Arrived—lielen,
from Bahia.

SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—
Athens, screw steamer, from the Cape of Good Hope;
Seine, steamer, from the West Indies.
CAILDIPP, Oct. 27.—Wind S.—Sailed—Fosterlandet,
for Callao.

MOON, Oct. 29.—Wind S.S.W.—Sailed—Napier, for
Demerara.

BY BLECTRIO TELEGRAPII.
SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning.

Wind N.E.
Arrived, Oct. 27—Industry, from London; Zouave,
from Havre ; Southampton, steamer, from Jersey ; Tenora,
steamer, from Dublin ; Georges, from Cherbourg ; Mary
Ann Duffis, from Newport ; Eleanor, and Demetrius, from
Cardiff.
Sailed—Quintus, for Ryo ; Sultan, steamer, far Lisbon ;
Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey; Delta, steamer, for Alex-
andria.
Arrived, Oct. 28—Argyll, steamer, from Carentan ; Bet-
sey, from Newport.

(BY SMOLA= AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
:GRAVZSIIND, Monday Morning.
Wind calm ; weather thick, foggy.
Arrived, Oct. 28—Sarah Black, from Algoa Bay; Omen,
from Sundawall.

DEAL, Monday Morning.

Wind S.E., light, fine.
Passed in tow—City of Glasgow, from Calcutta for
London.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The follcm ing
gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations
for the diploma, wero admitted members of the college at
a meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 26th instant,
vie.:—Messrs. Joseph Frederick Eyrley, Llanymynech,
North Wales ; Robert Foreman Cook, Gateshead ; George
Joseph Dinham, Mile-end ; Edward Charles Hammond,
Cambridge ; and Hauteville Howe J. Sterling, Deal, Kent.
At the same meeting of the court Mr. Walter Frederick
Cope Bartlett, late of the Royal Naval Hospital, Hong
Kong, passed his examination for naval surgeon. This
gentleman had previously been admitted a member of the
college, his diploma bearing date August 8, 1856.
FRIGHTFUL MACHINERY ACCIDENT AT WEDNES-
BURY.—Two MEN KILLED.—An accident of a terrible
nature occurred on Wednesday morning at Portway-road
Axletree Works, Wednesbury, by which two men, named
respectively Thomas Bishop and James Grayley, lost their
lives. The circumstances connected with the sad calamity
are as follows :—Mr. Edwin Richards, proprietor of the
above-named works, had been having a new engine pat
down, and the two unfortunate men, Bishop and Grayley,
were engaged in the masonry department. About 7 o'clock
on Wednesday morning, the engine being at work, Bishop
was about to descend a shaft, at which he had been work-
ing, for the purpose of procuring a better water supply, and
1 Grayley was in the act of assisting him in his descent, when
the rope by means of which he was being let down caught one
of the nuts on the coupling box. The adjoining wheel was
then making about 40 revolutions per minute, and the two
poor men were carried round the machinery, their bodies
being mangled in a most frightful manner. The engineer
stopped the engine immediately, but not in time to prevent
fatal results. Bishop, whose legs were cut right off, and
his abdomen torn horribly, lived about two hours after-
wards. Grayloy, though apparently less injured, died in
an hour afterwards, having sustained a fracture of the skull,
and had one of his legs broken. It need hardly be said that
an accident of so shocking a nature spread considerable
consternation amongst those engaged in the works, and in
fact the locality generally manifested intense excitement
and alarm, the greatest interest and sympathy being ex-
pressed respecting the deceased. Bishop, who is we belicye.
a single man, was about 45 years of age, and lived at it
Top. Grayley was 10 years younger, a married man with
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three children. The bodies of both have been removed°
and information has been forwarded to the coroner,
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will probably hold his inquiry this day
singular that only a few feet from the spot whereen e
two unfortunate men met with their death, ,te.mbe
was
. It is somet‘hleset
killed some two years ago by machinery at Nyh n
working in his ordinary occupation.—D
Post.
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INCREASE OF SMOKING IN DU- .r; an immense
sumption of tobacco in France increases
proportion. In 1815 it was only
-3emasiellsioins, and in 1858
173 millions, having in that timera:orTerteheasenrytriapl,erde.se Isunma
period of 47 years it produced to
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of 4,386,794,264 f., and a net amount of 3,044,071,356 f.
The sale of tobacco, as is kno,ai
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known,
and the gross receipts from
of the present year at 183,000,, 000000 ff.
for
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mu tbe deducted 15,4,4, . f,
8, wages to workmen, repairs, suppli
salt, and casks, 211,000 f. for indemnities
ineistieosf
for rent, building
paper, envelopes,
to departments in which the ais cultivated, 205,000 f.
for fees to expo: ts, 43,009,000 f. fortpurchase of foreign and
native tobacco, and 96,933 f. extraordinary services—total,
3f thus leaving a balance of 125,498,467 f. to the
Treasury. The increase in the price of tobacco just im-
-22d will raise the receipts, it is estiruated, to about
poo,oe
00,000 f.

On Saturday Lord Palmerston paid a visit to Pontefract
for the purpose of inaugurating the New Market Hall,
which has just been completed. Au address by the Corpo-
ration having been presented,
Lord PALMERSTON replied in the following terms :
Mr. Mayor and gentlemen,--I am sure you will readily
believe me when I tell you that it is with feelings of the
utmost gratitude and the greatest pride that I have received
the address which you, sir, have had the goodness to put into
my hands. Nothing can be more grateful to any man who is
engaged in public life, than to meet, as it is my good fortune
to-day to do, a large and respectable assemblage of his fellow-
countrymen, gathered together to give him that welcome
which in any county is cordial, but which I know is in York-
shire more hearty than anywhere else ; and to receive
also in that cordial and hearty welcome a testimony of at
least personal good will, even though that good will may in
some eases proceed from those who may politically differ
with him upon many important matters. (Hear, hear.)
On these occasions, gentlemen, it is personal intercourse be-
tween those who arc engaged in the task of governing, and
those who contribute,by their industry, their activity, their
intelligence, and their individual prosperity to the greatness
and happiness of the country of which they are worthy
members. (Hear, hear.) I appear before you, gentlemen,
however, not merely in the character of one of the servants
of the public and of the Crown, for I happen to bc your near
neighbour—(cheers)--and though the interest which I
have in your neighbourhood may be comparatively small,
yet I can assure you that I feel the honour of being a
neighbour of great and prosperous communities because I
share in the advantage which those prosperous and indus-
trious communities scatter through the range which sur-
rounds their seat. (Hear, hear.) You have been pleased,
Mr. Mayor, to advert to the duties which it has fallen to
my lot to perform in conducting the foreign relations of
the country. I cannot take credit for anything in that
department which may have merited your approbation ;
because the man, whoever ho may be, who is entrusted
with the task of representing towards foreign countries
the power, the dignity, and the commanding position of
this great nation, is armed with means which, unless he
grossly shrinks from the performance of his duty, must
lead him to accomplish ends which are sure to cbtain
the assent and concurrence of his fellow-country-
men. (Applause.) It was no doubt the study of the
Government, of which I have the happiness of having
been a member, while on the one hand we maintained the
interests, the honour, and the dignity of our own country,
to exert that influence which we were able to command, as
representing the British nation, to favour and prosper those
principles of civil and political liberty abroad, of which we
have seen at home the great and splendid fruits. (Ap-
plause.) We were happy to be successful in many of the
attempts which we made in that direction ; and it is our
gratification to think that there are many nations of the
continent whose political and civil position has been greatly
improved, owing mainly no doubt to their own patriotic
exertions, but assisted by the countenance and support
which they received from the Government and people of
England. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, you have adverted to
domestic affairs. It is impossible, in this free country,
where every man has, as he has a right to have, his own
opinion—where men are not accustomed to bow to the de-
cision of others—where every man examines for himself,
reasons for himself, comes to his own conclusions, and
strong in the convictions which examination has produced,
maintains boldly and manfully his own position against any
difference that may arise from others ; it is not, I say, in
such a country as this that any man can expect to meet, as
I now do, a great and respectable assemblage of his fellow-
countrymen, and reckon that he shall find among them
' unanimous consent to the particular opinions which he
himself may entertain. But it is by the conflict of different
opinions—it is by the examination not only of our own con-
victions, but of those of others who differ from us—it is by
that perpetual and constant agitation of mind, and conflict
of reason and opinion—that sound ultimate conclusions are
arrived at, which are found to be satisfactory, if not to the
whole, at least to the great majority of a thinking and
reflecting people. I trust, gentlemen, that that has hitherto
been the course of events, as far as regards that administra-

tion of which it has been my good fortune to be a member.
And I am persuaded that such will be for ever the course
which any body of men will pursue who may be worthy of
being entrusted with the conduct of the national affairs of
this great country. You have, Mr. Mayor, adverted to a
circumstance which, indeed, is most illustrative of the pro-
gress of human affairs. You have contrasted this magni-
ficent structure, the work of modern improvement—
calculated to supply the wants of the day, to fulfil those
desires and requirements of modern civilisation—
you have contrasted it with that ancient and venerable
relic of former periods which still forms an interesting
ornament to your town. (Hear, hear.) Well, Mr. Mayor and
gentlemen, that is a most instructive lesson as to the course
of human events; and well may we congratulate ourselves
that we are now standing in this hall of commerce—in this
sanctuary of industry—instead of being assembled within
the walls intended for defence against external attack,
cramped in the exertions of industry, and trembling for an
axious future. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) It is indeed a
useful lesson to all who are disposed to read ; and it shows

.ow the progress of enlightenment, the progress of Intel-
tot, the diffusion of knowledge, the increase of civilisation,
the augmentation of civil and political liberty—how these
things lead to personal and collective security, and how
that great aggregate tends, by increasing the security of
property, to afford a safe development for industry
(applause)—to multiply the happiness of the people, to in-
crease the wealth and the power of the country, and to con-
duce to all the improvement in society which every day
morn and more qualifies men to ffll the dignified position
which his Creator destined for him in this life. (Cheers.)
Gentle Men, I congratulate you all upon having a Corpora-
tion animated by public spirit such as that which has sug-
gested the creation of this noble fabric ; and I am persuaded
that it will conduce as much to the improvement and de •
velopuient of the industry and resources of the town, as it
redounds to the honour of the body who suggested and accom-
plished it. I again beg, Mr. Mayor, to return you and the
Corporation my sincere thanks for the honour you have
done, in the address which you have had the goodness to
hand to me. (Loud cheers.)