The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-05 00:00:00

THE TRIAL OF BARRETT.

All parties seem to be dissatisfied with the moll
in which the first trial of Barrett, for the attempted
murder of Captain Lambert, terminated. The poP'l'
lace, who throughout the trial expressed svnipatbY
with the accused, after the proceedings were 001
" mobbed " Mr Jackson, who was untruly stated tc
have been the only juror who was in favour of a C 011:
fiction. Whilst in a shop Mr. Jackson was pelted,
with mud, and the owner of the premises was asked
to give him up to the tender mercies of the no)
A. Catholic priest, a.friend of .the hated juror, ended'
voured to shield his acquaintance, butwith little succeo
By the advice of a sergeant, this object of the popr„ali.ida
ire consented to take refuge in the barracks. 1-"`
people followed, and one of them threw a stool
which caused a severe wound over the eye of one 0'
the guard. Ultimately Mr. Jackson, by the aid of arl,
escort of fifty foot soldiers, was safely ensconce°.
in Black's Hotel. The crowd remained outsia.il
flinging mud and stones, but the police stayed by 0:
the public ardour was cooled. During this exciting :leen'
the judges were recognised whilst driving in a carrial
through the town. The vehicle was at once stoned'
and one of the missiles struck Mr. Stamford, t
registrar, who was sitting near the window of i. 11:
tQ
coach, on the shoulder. The second trial is fixed
take place on the 14th inst.

CRIME AND TILE NEWSPAPER PRESS.
The Pantin tragedy is a remarkable instance of
the
good which perfect freedom of publicity may effectin the way of detecting crime. All that has 11,4
done to elucidate the strange mystery of the inurahe.e:
near Paris has been owing to the press and the puld:'ij
The French newspapers often err in giving the nati°l,,
too much crime to feed upon, but this time they ha
rendered good service. rho Parisian correspond°4l3
of the Times says the tragedy has afforded a str,l9iic
argument in favour of the English mode of rwkiie
inquiry in criminal matters, and against
much-boasted French principle of secret exaiiil,l„
tion. "If the examination had been truly secre.'o,
if the newspapers, urged on by ardent competltl°A
had not taken the whole affair in their own haliA,
sending reporters and hourly publishing their rer.6
—it is most likely that the murderer would 054,
escaped, the crime would be still clouded in mYst!..;;;i
and, -what is still worse, the names of the
themselves stained with unfounded but inaeh
suspicion."

THE CHURCH CONGRESS.
There appears to be a growing interest in
,ce,
sittingi of the Church Congress, which conl..ll°' g
its annual meeting to-day at Liverpool. 14 ad
Saturday afternoon 1,600 tickets had been dispo;eii
of, and probably the number will be 13%0
increased by this morning. The proceeding! p
commence with a special service at St. MicP,ll
Church, at which the Dean of Chester will Pre; d
At two o'clock the Congress will open at St. Ge°lo)
Hall, the Bishop of the diocese (Dr. Jacobs.oet
delivering the inaugural address. The first snliie
on the programme is Diocesan Organisation. 0,
Congress will sit three times a day—at 10 1. to
2 p.m., and 7 p.m.—and each sitting is expecte'ool
occupy three hour 3. It is not definitely klisolt
whether the Bishop of Peterborough will be prey
at the working men s meeting on Thursday nigh"
THE ADMIRALTY CRUISE.
The Agincourt, with the Minotaur, Northumberl'noci!
and Hercules arrived at Pembroke on FridaY the
ing. The Controller of the Navy joined
the
Admiralty Lords, an official dinner was given l„'inat
evening to flag officers and captains, and at 6' the
the Admiralty ensign was hauled down fronlone
main of the Agincourt,. where it had utile
thirty-nine days' duty, and transferred °fjord'
Enchantress. Thus the cruise of the 10
of the Admiralty for 1869 came 04. gre
end. The ships, says the T7.772e5' correspenderl;,'ros
ordered to fill up with coal and other requisite
and will sail about the 10th inst. on a cruise, PI the
to Madeira and back, the present intentions Meat
Admiralty being: understood to be that the Vd
shall be in England at Christmas, and the nieneri
up their wages at the commencement of the 700,
Year in a home port, so that the money pit' „ foo
have a better chance of reaching the men's Ivic°'
families than it would if paid in a foreign port.
THE ALBERT ASSURANCE COMPANY IN
The Anglo-Indians who are unfortunate ell°''gef,s,
hold policies in the Albert Assurance Compuf they
determined to take active measures to protect cod
interests as far as possible. Accounts 0.4
the three Presidencies state that ine and;
have been held in the chief cities, Cal'
fortunately, the course determined on avaio
cutta has been approved at Madras. The
branch of the Albert is said to have fed theft i 011"
office to the extent of £270,000 in nine years. ,olicr
wonder under such circumstances that Indiall
the
holders are incensed as well as startled 13V tn? :3
lation of the fact that the company's loseeS 7;tif°'
last seven years have been £1,250,000. Manlirie.,4l4+
Christians have, according to the Bombay (170,0 v,
been induced by. the flourishing appearance 01
cc
dP
to invest their savings in the c 011,,,,,
fact which is especially to be regrew' Of,
it tends to disgust the natives bolitl
banks and insurance companies, and will MAO
encourage them to adhere to the old-fashions a 'Coe
method of burying their gold. The Calcutta 0800)
mittee have received a telegraphic reply from'`coce°l;
itnogths
ieneghecatntchearyt th. eTyhwilley
inbeternepdrehsoeldtgd in a
oind ere,
ing of policy-holders as soon as they have recoil oile
finiteinformation from England. At Madras o.ol' till
holders have decided to pay their preminnlsll,l
fall due, until the Ist of January next, 00'
endorsed the proceedings of the former raee
Calcutta.
CONVEYANCE OF CATTLE By OA' yto
hao
The master of the steamship Taurus, who n:0
iro engaged for many years in conveying cattle on j
Continent to this country, gives his experiencvoooo7
subject. He denies that there is overcrowding
cattle steamers generally, bringing forward sso
what took place in his own steamer. Fr°' ri,;0111
of July to the 28th November, 1868, he made.,
two voyages to Tonning, in Schleslnf:
took in at that place 11,956 cOt Prot
8,500 sheep and lambs ; out of alter 6,
number only one of the sheep died. An°',l
which has been urged—the cruelty practise,, 0,04
ing the cattle out of the steamers when tiztoPof
in London—is not answered so Otago 00
The writer does not deny the c'.loo, to
cruelty, but says that if any otorevo
method can be suggested, he will be most tholoo
carry it out. He does not, however, file
possible. All the steamers engaged irt ice e‘oo
carry sufficient water with them to g ¢nd igo
animal a gallon a day for a week,
supply of hay is scarcely ever half-consuniegel,icli
many of the cattle will not eat on the pas-el, .o"vg,te
being attributable to the motion of the ve'S.o°
affects them as human beings are affecte
unaccustomed to the sea.

d i so'ff'
„„,9
According to the New York Shipping dof pr
mercial List, the aggregate of the cotton crollra tle
tee
were 2,260,557 bales, against a total of 2,430,°0",011106,:i
ceding cotton year. The exports to foreign are stont4.6,
year, from Sept. 1, 1868, to August 31, 1869, 0, 211:ope4;
1,447,643 bales ; 989,500 bales to Great 1314°1d yo'
,0
bales to France, 177,182 bales to the Nortb of
or
56,436 bales to ther foreign ports. In the PArg 1)81To1°;_,,
the export reached 1,655,816 bales; 821," f tlienr
stated to have been taken for home use north °,,editiv
mac and Ohio rivers ; the quantity in the Pre
was 799,817 bales.