The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-11 00:00:00

APRIL 11, 11860 i

articles of clothing, but they did not give and
dente that a crime had been committed. Tho shirts

were dirty and stained, but the stains had more
the appearance of iron rust than of blood, although
several persons were of the opinion that it was the

Latter.

The general appearance of the vessel, as far as
can be seen, shows that she is very old, and in se-
veral places forward, great scams have opened in
her decks ; still these may have been caused by the
violent collision that she encountered. Her bow-

sprit has been taken out, and lies upon the beach.
Her taffrail at intervals seems broken, and in some
places torn away.
During Sunday and Monday two United States
officers were diligently searching in Jersey City for
John Canoe, the Chinaman, who is supposed to
have murdered Captain Leete and his brother, of
the sloop Spray. The Chinaman went on shore at
Jersey City, about 8 o'clock on Saturday morning,
with Captain Webb, of the schooner Thomas E.
French, and as soon as the yawl-boat came up to
the dock, he sprang ashore, and since that time, up
to yesterday afternoon, no definite information had
been obtained of his movements.

The receding tide yesterday afternoon left the
Spray upon the sandy beach at the worth end of the
Battery, a short distance above the Governor's
Island, Ferry dock, and within a stone's throw of

the South Ferry. At 3 o'clock the tide had fallen
sufficiently to admit of a partial examination being
made by the harbour police. A hole large enough
to admit a man's body was discovered on the lar-
board bow, and through this had flowed all the
water found in the vessel. This hole was caused
during the collision between the Spray and Lu-
cinda. By means of boat-hooks the officers hauled
out a sheet which bore unmistakeable marks of blood,
and upon the mattress in the same berth were also
crimson stains. Various articles of ship's •stores
were fished up and hauled on deck, but the most
minute and careful search failed to produce a body.
One article after another was hauled upon deck
and carefully examined, with a view of discovering
evidence of crime, but with the exception of the
sheet and mattress above mentioned, nothing was
found with blood stains thereon. Owing to the
quantity of water that still remained in the hold,
it was impossible to get at the articles and freight
therein except by means of boat-hooks, and further
search will be impossible until the water is pumped
out. This, however, cannot be done until the breach
in the bow is closed, or until the Spray shall be
hoisted upon a dry dock.
That a bloody murdt r has been committed upon
this vessel, there can now be little doubt, and the
sheets and bedding dabbled with gore serve to
strengthen the probability.
The vessel left here on the 15th inst., in company
with the schooner Gem, the captain of which says
that he parted with her iu Norwalk Bay, whither
she headed, with a view, as he supposed, of seeking
a harbour there for the night, as the weather looked
squally. The supposition is that the Chinaman
drugged the tea, thus throwing the captain and his
brother into a deep sleep, and then barbarously mur-
dered them one after the other. On the morning of
the 16th, which was rather foggy, he weighed anchor
and sailed into the Sound, where it was thought he
threw the bodies overboard. It has subsequently
tntasrir«l that John Canoe or Jackalow, as he is
called, piloted the Spray through Hell Gate towards
this city, as he was recognised at the wheel by a
number of pilots, and it was observed that he was
the only man on board.
How the Chinaman managed to get the vessel
outside of Sandy Hook, and away down to Barne-
s gat, without assistance or without attracting at-
tention, remains a mystery.

11.11DDLESEX SESSIONS, pril 10.
(Before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant Judge.)

On Monday afternoon an application was made
for the expenses of an attorney and counsel in a case
in which a brief had been delivered for the prosecu-
tion. In answer to the Assistant-Judge as to how
he came to instruct an attorney in the case, the pro-
secutor said he was introduced by some person in
the avenue of the court to another person who said
he was an attorney, and on being told by them that
the prisoner had a counsel to defend him, and that he
(prosecutor) ought to have one on hi:3 side, he told
the attorney he had better see to it. The Assistant-
Judge told the prosecutor he must pay the costs
himself, the county was not to be saddled with the
costs of prosecutions so got up, A parcel of persons
had been in the habit of ranging about the court,
picking up prosecutors, and getting up their cases,
on the speculation of getting the costs allowed by
the court. A great deal of this system had been
done away with, and it was the full determination
of the court to put an end to it altogether. The
magistrates would make further orders upon the
subject if necessary, and they would be strictly en-
forced.

John Herbert, 44, was indicted for stealing a
quantity of solder, value 4s. Bd., the property of
James Mugford Macey, his master. He pleaded
guilty. Bryan Martin, 54, a marine store dealer,
was indicted for feloniously receiving the same.
tle pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Way was counsel for the prosecution ; Mr.
Jtfbton defended Martin.

The prisoner Herbert was in the employment of
the pro CU ter, Mr. Macey, of Milford-wharf, Strand,
and, from information given to the police, a watch
was kept upon him, and he was observed by Holmes,
F, to leave with something bulky under his clothes.
He was followed to a marine store shop in Ship-
yard, kept by the other prisoner. It being early in
the morning, the door was not opened, nor were
the shutters down, but the prisoner, after knocking,
was admitted, and soon after came out and went
into a publichouse, and was taken into custody, and
Martin, after repeatedly denying that he had bought
anything of the man, admitted that he had, and
produced two lumps of solder from a fireplace, and
on his shop being searched eight other pieces were
found, which were identified as Mr. Macey's pro-
perty.
Tie jury found him guilty.
The Court sentenced him to two years' hard la-
bour, and Herbert to one year.
John Connolly, 30, was indicted for having stolen
a watch, value £2O, the property of J. H. Stinson,
from his person.

Mr. Gent prosecuted; Mr. Ribton defended the
prisoner.
The prosecutor was a Canadian gentleman who
had been some time in London, and it appeared that
one night, some time after 12 o'clock, he and a
friend went to the King's Head publichouse, Crown-
street, St. Ann's, and while there the subject of
prize-fighting and sparring was brought up, and the
pro=ecutor, though he disclaimed all pretension to
practical knowledge of the matter, sparred with a
man who was there and who said he was a member
of the ring. Prisoner was there, and prosecutor hav-
ing misted his watch from his waistcoat pocket, he
looked and distinctly saw it in prisoner's hand, and
it was passed over the partition. He seized prisoner
who said he would get the watch back if he were not
given in charge, but rather than tell who had it he
would suffer 10 years' penal, or have his throat cut.
The watch had not been recovered.

The prisoner was found guilty, and it was proved
that he had been convicted of felony, and in the
last six months had been twice in custody for rob-
beries with violence. _ _ _

The policeman said the house where this occurred
had been very well conducted, and he had never
known it open so late as on this occasion, but it had.
recently changed hands, Formerly it was always
closed at 12 or 1 o'clock.

The Assistant• Judge said the prisoner was evi-
dently one of a class of dangerous persons from
whom it was the duty of the Court to protect the
public, and sentenced the prisoner to three years'
penal servitude.
William Hart, 31, sawyer, was indicted for hav-
ing stolen three " sticks" of timber, value £36, the
property of John Fletcher and another.

- Mr. Metcalfe was counsel for the prosecution ;
Mr. Cooper appeared for the prisoner.
The prosecutors are shipbuilders at Union Dock,
Limehouse, and it appeared that a float of red pine
timber, used in the construction of spars and masts,
was moored off their premises, and on the evening
of the Ist of March they were lashed together, two
chains having been added to the ordinary fasten-
ings, as a greater security against their getting
adrift. On the following morning soon after six
o'clock, it was discovered that three had been re-
moved from the middle of the float, which consisted
of 16 pieces altogether. The three missing pieces
seemed to have been taken up the river with the
tide, and floated into a dock on the Regent's Canal,
where the prisoner was ultimately found dealing
with them. lie paid the lock dies, had the pro-
perty removed to opposite a timber yard, and sold
them for £l3 15s. to Mr. Heath, a builder is
Bishop Agate. There was nothing in the evidence
to connect the prisoner with the actual taking of
the wood from the prosecutors' premises, but it was
proved that he had been in their service, and was
perfectly well acquainted with all about thtplace,
and the only account he gave of his posses ion of
it was, that he bought it of a T. Gurney for £l2,
and produced a stamped receipt to that effect, but
he could give no clue to where any such person
would be found, and in fact no such person was
known. Tao prisoner absented himself after the
sale of the timber to Mr. Heath, until the 20th of
March, when he went to the police-station, and said
he wanted to know the " rights and the wrongs" of
it, as he had heard he was wanted for the wocd,
and lie was detained. He gave up the receipt.
The defence set up and ably argued by Mr.
Cooper was that it Was 4..69nu.fich PCs by Gurney a