The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-03 00:00:00

THE'ACTION-AG WAIN KST -SIR EDWARD
ATIN.

All efforts to get it referred having proved abortive,
the cause of " Jacomb v. Watkin" was proceeded with
on Friday in the Court of Queen's Bench, sitting at the
Guildhall, the Lord Chief Justice being the presiding
judge. Mr. James, the accountant, in whose bands the
books of the Humber Iron Works and Shipbuilding Com-
pany had been placed for the purpose of examination, was
called to prove that many of the entries made were, as he
viewed the matter, incorrect. This involved a reference
to figures of so complicated a character that one of the
jurymen said it would be impossible for them to keep
them in mind, and was only consoled by the suggestion of
his lordship that no doubt in their addresses the learned
counsel would dwell upon them at length. The gist of
the evidence of the witness was that in order to give a
more prosperous complexion to the affairs of the company
than they really possessed, the profit and loss accounts were
generally garbled. Mr. James was closely cross-examined by
Sir John Karslake. The examination of his accounts, he
said, had occupied himself and several clerks for three or
four months, something like 100 books having had to be
referred to. He adhered to the opinion that the financial
documents were full of inaccuracies.
The case was again adjourned.

THE ORANGE RIOTS AT PORTADOWN.

The following is one account of the riots at PortadoNVn
on Friday night : —" A most serious and disastrous riot
has occurred at Portadown. The cause of the affray
has not as yet been accurately ascertained, but tha
riot is supposed to have originated in a few unarmed
policemen having extinguished a bonfire that had
been lighted by some children at Quarrys Turns. This
proceeding appears to have exasperated the Orange-
men, who suddenly mustered in strong force, and
commenced an organised attack on the police, who in the
meanwhile had been reinforced by a few of their com-
rades, also unarmed. Stones were thrown in volleys by
the rioters, and the police soon turned and fled, hotly
pursued by their assailants. The police, on reaching their
quarters, obtained their rifles, armed with which, eight
of them paraded that part of Bridge-street situated in
Edenberry. They were again attacked and pelted with
stones by an immense crowd of between two and three
thousand people. At first the police contented themselves
with firing in the air, upon which a cry was raised to the
effect that they dared not fire, and that they had only blank
cartridges. Emboldened by this, the mob then renewed
their attacks on the constabulary, and pursued the men
as far as the bridge, stones rattling like hail on them. On
reaching the bridge the police turned and fired
again, this time with fatal effect, a boy, in the employ-
ment of the Ulster Railway Company, named Thomas
Watson, a Protestant, being shot through the lungs and
killed, and a man named Tiffney„p. Roman Catholic,
dangerously wounded by a shot in the shoulder. The
police are all more or less injured by stones, and one of
their body is seriously hurt. The disturbance was quite
unexpected ; but the Orangemen are so exasperated that
it is feared that further riots will follow."

A later despatch from Portadown says :—" A bonfire has
oeen lit opposite the church, and is surrounded by large
crowds. No attempt is being made to put it out."

A statue of the Marquis of Westminster was un-

covered at Chester on Thursday in the presence of a large

number of tenants and friends. It E trtids in Grosvenor

Park, which was recently presented to the town by Lis lord-

At a meeting held on Thurseay at Huddersfield, an
association was formed for the purpose of co-operation wilh

the Licensing Amendment League, of Manchester, in carry-

ing out its object, viz., to advocate an atneudn,Ent of the

existing licensing system.

Mary Langfcrd, now in Wprondbarn Bridewell,
waiting her trial on a charge of poisoning her hushand and
child with strychnine, at Lynn, has, it is stated, made seve-

ral attempts to take her own life. There is a ;carder con-

stantly in attendance to prevent her committing suicide.
She is not considered to be insane.

The Shedden Legitimacy case was on Friday, for
the twenty-second time, before the louse of Lords. Mr.
Shedden, the father of Miss Shedden, stated that he was in
his 7Cth year. lie, like his daughter, seemed to wish to go
into irrelevant matters, but was stopped by the Lord
Chancellor, and ordered to keep to evidence.

It will be remembered that sane time since we
announced that Mr. Fitzjames Stephen, Q.C., had been
offered the post of legislative trember of the Supreme
Council of India, in the room of Mr. Maine, resigned. An
evening contemporary is tow authorised to slate that Mr,
Stephen Las accepted the api ointment.
Admiral Sir Wm. Fanshawe Martin, Cummatder-
in-Chief at Devonport, Las been instrumental in obtaining
a gratuity of .GO from the Admiralty to Willi:an I'mlo,
the pilot of Salcombe, who hailed the Cadmus on the 4th
ult. in the fog, and warned the f fEeers of the danger the ship
was in, and ultimately took them to a care anchorng,e.

The Paris Patrie says flat the Emperor, in conver-
sation with several officers of his heuschold, confirmed the
intention of reform hint d at by M. Eouher iu his speech at
the openirg of the Chamber. Ilis Majesty added that the
engagements which deputies who sui ported his Govern-
ment had been obliged to make, conclusively proved that
the country was resolved on progress.
The annual banquet at the 'Trinity House will be
given to-day (Saturday), when the Prince of Wales,
having been previously sworn in as an honorary elder
brother, will preside, in lieu of his brother, the Duke of
Edinburgh. About the usual number of distinguished
guests will be present, and it is stated both Mr. Gladstone
and Mr. Disraeli will attend.