The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-14 00:00:00

ME SUN," LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1860.

Grace. Private Torty, who scored 16 points, won
the second cup.

On Tuesday evening the 3d Hants Artillery (Ports-
mouth civil service) gave a tea party and soiree in aid
of the band fund of the corps. Mr. Murray, chief
engineer of her Majesty's dockya , hon. member,
occupied the chair, supported 1) Mr. Abethell,
master shipwright; Lieutenant-Colonel Sturdee,
Rev. Mr. Phelps, Dr. Garrington, &c. There was
a large attendance of members and their friends,
and the whole affair was a complete success,
materially aiding the object of the meeting. This
corps have received a communication from the
Secretary of State to take the new pattern carbine
and sword bayonet, returning their old arms into
store. The Ist Hants (Bitterne), 2d Hants (Ports-
mouth), and the 3d Hants Artillery Volunteer
Corps are now formed into one brigEwle for admi-
nistrative purposes, under the title of the Ist Ad-
ministrative Brigade of the County of Hants.

the figures 1848 inscribed on them. In front of
the County House was a vast crowd of people,
which was kept in order by special constables,
students, and haidueks (national police.)
The Second Chamber of Hesse-Cassel has been
dissolved, because it refuses to recognise the
validity of the Constitution of 1860, which was
promulgated by the Elector. Count Rechberg,
as an absolute Minister, openly approved the
" octroi," and it is said that he still advises the
Elector not to yield to his subjects.
It is still rumoured that Prince Nicholas of
Montenegro has given permission to the French
Government to form a colony in a place called
Godinie. The village in question, which is marked
on Karacsay's map (published by Artaria, the map
seller in this city), is on the lake of Scutari, at
8,000 or 10,000 paces from the frontier of Upper
Albania. Has the British Government a political
agent at Scutari or Antivari ? If it has not, it may
be as well it should know that MM. Hecquard, the
French Consul-General, a remarkably active and
enterprising man, has managed to get a firm footing
at the little Court of Montenegro.

THE LATE (ALES',

The clipper ship Prince Consort, Capt. Macbeth,
put into Portsmouth a few days since under jury
masts, having been thoroughly disabled off the bay
by the late tempestuous gales in the Atlantic and
chops of the Channel. The Prince Consort sailed
from Liverpool for Melbourne with a large num-
ber of passengers, and cargo valued at £150,000,
on the 22d of November. On the 25th—in the
same gale encountered by the royal yachts—the
Prince Consort lost her fore and main topmasts
and mizenmast with everything above them. Jury
spars were rigged and endeavours made to reach
Lisbon, but the ship was again caught in a series
of gales, until catching the south-west gale she ran
up Channel and arrived in safety at Spithead. At
one time the weather was so violent that the com-
mander of the vessel was compelled to batten down
the vessel's hatches with the passengers all below.
One cabin passenger was washed off the poop over-
board, and the whole of the live stock destroyed.
The feelings of the passengers are best described in
a memorial they presented to Capt. Macbeth, on
meeting with the south-west gale, requesting him
to run for port, a copy of which we append :
4, At a, Dec. 2, 186 the
Prince Dear Sir,---We, the undersigned Se
passengers of the
Prince Consort, from Liverpool to Melbourne, desire to
express our feelings to you under the very frying circum-
stances in which we have been placed, We left Liver-
pool on the morning of the 22d of November, and got
away well on our course until the 24th, when it came
on to blow heavily, the glass indicating bad weather.
The ship was made as snug as possible before mid-
night under close-reefed topsails. On the following
morning the wind increased to a perfect hurricane,
the sea being terrific and the ship labouring heavily, and at,
last losing her topmasts and spars, which had to be cut
away to save the hull. Through Sunday the sea remained
in a terrific state, but as soon as the weather permitted
jury spars were rigged, and the ship was put by you on a
southerly course, in the hope of being able to reach some
port where we might refit; but on the Ist of December
another terrific gale from the S. W, came on with such vio-
lence as to take away all hope of being able to get further
south in the then crippled state of the ship. Many among
us have had experience of long voyages, having made the
passage to Australia and America before, but we have never
witnessed such terrific weather as we encountered in the
Prince Consort, and believe her to be a ship of extraordi-
narily good qualities, or she could never have survived such
terrific weather. We therefore beg that you will now put
into the first port you can make, in order that the ship may
be refitted, and that our safe passage to Australia may yet
be a possibility. In speaking of yourself, sir, we find a
difficulty in expressing our sense of your conduct without
using language that may seem high-flown or exaggerated
to these who did not witness the fearful scenes of the last
10 days. We believe that everything that the able com-
mander could do to secure the safety of his vessel has been
done by you, and that, under Divine Providence, nothing
but your skill and experience, your courage and decision,
and your untiring watchfulness and energy could have
saved the ship, and with it, our lives. Your kindness and
attention to all on board have been unremitting, while your
attempts to soothe the terrors and alleviate the sufferings
of the passengers have been beyond all praise. We believe
there is not a passenger on board who does not feel grateful
to you, not only as the instrument of saving our lives, but
also for the kind courtesy and sympathy you have shown
for all, from the lowest to the highest, on board. We beg
you will convey to Mr. Blair, your first officer, to Dr. Pring,
and tc your other officers our high sense of the way in
which they have discharged their several duties, and our
heartfelt thanks for their courteous demeanour to us upon
all occasions. Wishing you and yours every blessing for
time and eternity, and trusting iu God's providence that
you may yet conduct us in safety to the Southern hemi-
sphere.—We are, &c.
" Signed by the whole of the cabin and steerage pas
sengers."

ASSIZE IATTPLEIGENCR.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WINCHESTER, DEC. 13.
CROWN COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Byles.)
James Sivell, aged 21, a whitesmith, pleaded
guilty to a criminal assault on the person of Eliza-
beth Farlow, a girl under seven years of age, at
Portsea.
His lordship sentenced him to four years' penal
servitude.

The prisoner fell down in a fit on hearing the
sentence, and was removed in a state of insensibility
from the bar.

John Mullens, 23, described as a hawker, was
indicted for the manslaughter of John Wickham,
at Portsmouth.

Mr. Poulden conducted the prosecution.
The deceased and the prisoner, with some other
soldiers, were at the Golden Bell public-house, in
St. Mary's street, Portsmouth, on the 12th July.
The prisoner was then in the Suffolk Miitia, and
the deceased a soldier in the Marine Artillery.
Some dispute arose between them respecting the
gun drill, and in retaliation the prisoner told the
deceased he would bet him ss. that he could not
tell how many points of the compass there were.
Deceased had not ss, with him, and on finding this
he called those present opprobrious names. The
prisoner gave Wickham a heavy blow, which
knocked him off the settle upon him he had been
seated, and when he was on the ground kicked him
on the crown of his head, inflicting a wound, the
result of which was that the unfortunate man died
in about 20 minutes. Prisoner was very much in-
toxicated and the deceased sober at the time of the
fatal occurrence.

The jury immedia' ely found the prisoner guilty.
Prisoner, a respectable looking young man, said
that he came from Dorsetshire, but had not been
there for 10 years, and he had no one to speak for
him.

His lordship said he was loth to pass sentence in
so serious a case without deliberation, and therefore
deferred it until tomorrow (Friday) morning.

NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.—CHESTER, DEC 13.
(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.)
THE WARRINGTON MURDER,
William Dagnall, 21, labourer, Warrington, was
charged with having feloniously killed William
Yarmouth.

It appeared that the deceased was 64 years of
age, and lived at Appleton, near Warrington. On
the 15th of Sept. last the deceased left home to go
to Warrington, at about 7 o'clock, for the purpose
of purchasing a pair of boots. He took with him
15s. in his purse and 3s. 6d. in his pocket. The
deceased after he had made his purchases went to
the Corporation Inn with a man named Millington,
and after drinking two glasses of beer adjourned to
the " Exchange." About 10 o'clock he was missed,
and nothing more was seen of him until half-past
12 o'clock. At that time he was found between
Heathside and Queen-street quarrelling with a
woman named Green. He charged her with having
robbed him, and said he would not let her go until
he got his money. The women called for help four
or five times, and was struggling violently with the
deceased. The prisoner came up and began ill-
using the deceased, and kicked him four or five
times on the head and body while on the ground.
After this a woman of the name of Catherine Ley-
land came up and struck the deceased upon the face
three or four times. The deceased died on the 20th
from the injuries received.
The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, and
the prisoner was sentenced to 10 years' penal
servitude.

William Dagnall, Ann Green, and Catherine
Leyland, were then charged with the murder upon
the coroner's inquisition, but no evidence being
offered they were discharged.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.--YORK, DEC. 13.
(Before Mr. Justice Hill,)
William Walsh, who was convicted on Tuesday
of the manslaughter of his wife, by starving her to
death, was'placed at the bar, and sentenced to four
years' penal servitude.

Ann Johnson, convicted of the manslaughter of
her husband, at Doncaster, in November last, was
sentenced to three months'imprisonrnent. His lord-
ship said that the jury had recommended the pri-
soner to mercy, and he was always ready to listen
to such recommendations. It seems that the prisoner
and her husband had had many unhappy quarrels
and on one of those occasions she had struck the
deceased upon the head with a piece of wood and
caused his death. He did not think that the pri-
soner intended to take away the life of her husband
and he believed that she was very sorry for what
had occurred. She had no doubt been led away by
passion, and thus attacked her husband in the vio-
lent manner she had done, he having first attacked
her.