The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-21 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 121, 1860,
THE

--"..,!*--is-s"---"--"'"'"--,""" s‘indetlaand.hoao ble men in cOrduletr6e" aiiiiisifY
otitis ttsi:ocatio in Austria ; yet it' is unfortnnate
I
movement could be. ;6de permanent. A belles one- Is
,ir , . ura
itl art aristrodatic- country, such as it un-
gestion than that would be to make the movement
\
actually promsted to office should have his memory
that,
doubted: is, tie first commercial man who was
as cheap as possible to those who joined it. Having
tdwelthe. ounrdoonn thisN a tpoint l at
itsiofliense length,afforde all ef statedacil facilities
thates to ;
sullied after his death by the proof, and his fair
arm e
s-aythtria.l ? Th
young men of all classes. It was not his object to flaaiszseinattthaciskeindi.euvireyn—wohrilsehlailvlin.e
was his de. of such charges. Nor does thery catenation,ep scahraise a class corps; on the contrary, it
name of a general officer of rank and family, and ofe
sire that all classes should be members.
a once peculiar favourite
of the Emperor Francis
t
who appeared in uniform, moved a resolution .
The Rev. Mr. WOOD, the chaplain of the eoor tplis;
I Joseph himself, is discreditably mixed up in
„aid, whether truly or not, by the accused Richter,
con-
effect, " That. facilities ought to be given for the ! tracts for corn cotton shirts, and shares ; and it is
this genes.7.l to whom we allude had deposited
In a lare :"111189 the fisuits of his illicit gain, in the
further development of the movement, and that as
the London National Rifle Corps gave such facili- thak,
ties it was highly deserving of support."
brief speech he expressed his extreme surprise that Bank of England. But whatever may have been
the guilt o:
one and the other were guilty of cor-
tEe minister and the general—and we
they should have been accused of raising a class
corps. , . .
Mr. OVERTON, in seconding the motion, said he fear both the
did not blame any one, but he thought the atten- unfit man for Ms office,
tion of the officer had not been sufficiently called to
the necessity of bringing out the physical develop •
went of the men. (Much disapprobation and director 3:.thhee.c;N:ractor Bich
rliutptlteiondoaunbdt mtiao.ltve.rsation of office—there can be
been employed b
adviser of the commissaria ter was an
erir.iment as an agent or
and ought never to have
Richter was not
•merely a contractor, but a macufacturer and a
of the Credit Institution, and in each of
laughter.) He then referred to the condition of these capacities he appears to have dishonestly
Europe, and said it was probable that the Pied- done something which he ought not to have done.
montese would make an attack on Venetia, which He was, however, a man of influence in high quar-
ters—probably he stood well in the good graces of
would cause, great complications, and might draw
the Jesuits—and he appears to have had a multi
this country into a war with Austria 'or France,
(Hisses plicity of contracts passing through his hands of
and some applause.) He was sure that in
the most diverse character, varying from corn and
such a case the corps would be found doing its flour to cotton shirts. In any well-ordered financial
duty. (Cheers.) s State of course these contracts would be put up to
competiOon. Sealed tenders would be called for
Mr. IhANCHARD JERROLD, in supporting the
from the trade or trades, and the lowest tender
resolution, said that if the working classes did not offering securYy for due and prompt execution,
join heartily in the movement it would not be worth with a penalty of forfeiture for 'aches or non-per-
anything. morance, would be tss:cepted. Things are differ-
Mr. HUME WILLIAms said the movement bad ently managed in Asistria. Corruption, or
favouritism, or interest—whet er Jesuitical or more
become a great European fact. Through its in.-
is that the military service is deteriorated, . fascinating—carries the day, and the consequence
fluence rulers had restrained their ambition, cabi-
nets had modified their policy; indeed, he might damaged,
and slemoralised, and Austria is vanquis;;:td in the
say, it was to it that the peace of Europe was field by troops better fed, better led, and better or-
mainly due. ganised, though in no respect braver or more en-
The motion was carried with great cheering. during. Those are the things which produce
On the motion of Mr. AUSTIN, a cordial vote of bankruptcy as well as defeat, and which tend to the
thanks ruin and overthrow of empires as well as to great
was given to the chairman, and the meeting
social and political revolutions. There is no proper
separated. system of comptabilite in Austria ; there is no tour
des comptes, as in France ; there is no system of
estimates laid before a representative body, as with
us; nor are there proper accounts and vouchers
laid before the Treasury Board, Audit-office, Army
Pay-office, and commissariat departments, as in
this free and commercial country. Hence a want
of probity and common honesty ; hence a want of
business-like talent and aptitude; hence pecula-
tions, frauds, and abuses of all kinds.
In France in 1843, notwithstanding the admirable
system of comptabilite and the cours des comptes. a
frightful system of corruption was revealed on the
trial of M. Hourdequin, of the Grande Voirie or
Sewers Commission; and in the same Parliamen-
tary session it appeared that corruption in refer-
ence to contracts for railways had penetrated to
higher sources. Three years afterwards, namely,
in 1847, the fire in the arsenal of Toulon was occa-
sioned by a desire to cloak corruption ; and the loss
in the second arsenal, the Mourillon, was estimated
at no less than three millions of francs. Pillages
and pilferings also took place at Rochefort and other
arsenals ; but the most scandalous affair of all was
the malversation of General Cubieres, twice Mini-
ster of War, and the corrupt venality of Teste, a
peer of France, Minister of Public —Works, and
then President of the Court of Cassation. Nothing
did more to ruin and destroy the Government of
Louis Philippe, and to produce the revolution of
1848, than this scandalous official corruption,
bribery, malversation, and what Lord Coke calls
" abusion of office." If Austria is to be saved from
similar scenes, if the Austrian army is to be rescued
from plunderers and peculators of the worst descrip-
tion, there must be a complete change of this hideous
system. There must be a complete system of pub-
licity and audit in public accounts, a system of open
competition for contracts, and a total disregard of
those corrupt influences which have been long
undermining, cankering, and corrupting every class
in the State, from the highest to the lowest. The
trail of Jesuitism has been over everything in
Austria, and, like the trail of the serpent, it is fatal
and poisonous to everything it touches.—Norning
Post. •

The various Volunteer Corps throughout the
county of Somerset are to be placed on a complete
military footing, the Lord• Lieutenant making the
necessary arrangements. The county is to be
divided into districts, and over each division a supe-
rior commanding officer will preside, taking the
command of the corps in each district, for which an
adjutant will also be appointed. By this plan divi-
sional reviews and parades can be held in the
several districts, and greater unity secured than
where only isolated corps exist.
The Earl of Yarborough has consented to become
a patron of the Lincolnshire Rifle Association, and
Earl de Grey and Ripon will be President. Major
Amcotts has been elected a vice-president, and
several captains of local corps have announced their
willingness to servo on the council. The proposed
mounted corps formed in the county will serve as
a portion of the Lindsay battalion, the regulations
of the War-office not admitting of the organisation
of a distinct mounted force.

A Whitworth rifle, the gift of Sir J. F. Davis. and
some money prizes, were competed for by members
of the Bristol Volunteer Artillery and Rifie Corps
yesterday afternoon, at the practice ground of the
latter regiment in Sneyd-park. There were 35
competitors-5 shots each were fired at ranges of
of 300, 500, and 600 yards. The rifle was carried
off by Sergt. Hansom, of the artillery corps, who
scored 16 points. There were three ties of 15 each
for the money prizes, viz., Ensign Hassell, Sergt.
3. Baker, and Sergt. F. R. Geary, but as the two
latter gentlemen scored the highest number at the
longest ranges they were declared the victors.

THE MURDER
DU. IN THE COUNTY OF
R.HAIII.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, MONDAY ETENING.
The coroner for North Durham, Mr. Favell, re-
sumed the inquest this morning at Winlaton with
regard to the murder of John Baty, on the road be-
tween that village and Blaydon, on Monday night,
the sth inst. I stated in a communication from
here on Saturday night that it was imagined that
Thos. Smith, alias "Lanky," for it appears that he
was better known by the latter appellation than
by his proper name, had taken to the hills and had
gone west; but it has since been ascertained that
he crossed the county of Durham, working south,
and, having made his way into the North Riding of
Yorkshire, he got among the hills and moors of
Cleveland, and reached the seaport of Whitby. The
police had tracked him all the way, but had been
a good deal thrown out by the stupidity and
malic of people whom they had encountered. Smith
was captured by the East Riding constabulary at
Whitby yesterday, as he was attempting to get on
shipboard, and he is now custody at Gateshead.
We have before intimated that some other persons
are suspected of being concerned in the murder.
Evidence was produced to-day showing that two
men, William Winship and Douglas Swan, black-
smiths, were at the low part of Winlaton about 1
o'clock on Tuesday morning, shortly after the
murder was supposed to have been committed. It
seems that they came into the publichouse of Mr.
John Parker, the Black Boy, about 1 o'clock inthe
morning, Winship having eight or nine shillings in
his hands. They were drunk, and left the house
-again about 2 o'clock, after quarrelling, Swan de-
manding his whack or share of the 9s. This ac-
count of their movements was wholly contradictory
of the evidence given by these men at the last in-
quiry. Parker, the landlord, said that by their talk
he thought the men had not got this money by fair
means. Winship, he said, showed that he had
handy fingers for picking pockets, and offered to
pick any man's pocket in the room, which induced
him (the landlord) to turn him out. Winship did
not tell Parker that morning where he got the
money, but after the murder he stated he came to
his (Parker's) shop and said that he had borrowed
14s. The jury questioned the witness as to whe-
ther Winship had his coat torn when be came into
the publichouse on Tuesday morning, but he said
that be did not see that.
Mary Ann Foster, sister toWinship, was called,
and she swore that she lent him Bs. on the Monday
night. It was due to him from his mother for
work.
Thomas Billcleugh, chainmaker, Winlaton, was
examined. He said that he knew the man named
Thomas Smith, "Lanky." He came to his house
about 4 o'clock of the morning that Baty's body
was found. Witness and his wife were in bed
asleep, when a rap came at the door, and he got
up and opened it and saw Smith standing outside.
Smith said that he was very cold, and came into
the house. He talked about lying down. He came
to the fire and sat down and lit his pipe. He talked
to witness about mischief that he and Armstrong
had had with the police at Blaydon, and after-
wards told him to go to bed, and he would sleep
by the fire. Witness went to bed. Smith wore
corded trousers and a velvet coat. Witness got
pp again about 6 in the morning, and went out-
side. On returning to the house he told Smith
that Baty had been found murdered. He said
" That is a worse job than mine." He understood
he alluded to the row with the police at Blaydon.
Smith washed himself and put himself to rights.
About 7 o'clock Edward Armstrong came, and he
and Smith had some talk. Smith left about a quarter
past 7. Had afterwards heard that Smith was sus-
pected of the murder, but did not give any informa-
tion to the police until they came to him. Arm-
strong left witness's house with Smith, and about
9 o'clock he returned to Winlaton, and sent for him
to William Cowen's shop. He afterwards went '
with witness to his house and washed himself, but
in the most emphatic manner Billcleugh denied that
Armstrong ever said a word to him about the murder
of Baty. He also denied that anything was burnt
in his house. Smith had his dog with him when he
left the house. lie left the house almost immedi-
ately after he told him that Baty was murdered.
Mary Billcleugh, wife of the previous witness, was
also examined—She deposed to havins, been
knocked up by Thomas Smith at 4 o'clock' on the
morning of the murder. When the door was opened
Smith looked all round him and asked to be allowed
to come in and warm himself, as he was cold with
lying in the lane. Witness kindled the fire and be
sat himself down. She left him thpre and went to
bed. Smith had a wound on his head. The subse-
quent part of her story did not vary much from that
of her husband; but it was suspected in the inquest
room that they know more of the circumstances of
the murder than they disclosed.
Edward Armstrong, keelman, living at Blaydon,
knew Thomas Smith, and that Baty was murdered
on Tuesday morning, the 6th of November, and
would tell all about it. Smith, who was known as
" Lanky," said he had a bit of a difference with the
police in Blaydon on Monday night, and came up
to. Winlaton. He (Armstrong) stayed with his
I father-in-law until 7 o'clock on Tuesday laaMina'•

He then went to ?Thomas Billcleugh' avid found
'4olllas Smith sitting by the fireside. lie looked
at him, and saw he had a fresh cap, a pair of
corded trousers, and a fresh pair of boots on,
different from what he wore on Monday night.
Did not know at that time whose clothes they were.
Smith had borrowed a cap the night before of wit-
ness, as he had lost his in the row. Smith asked
him to have a walk with him, and they went up the
fields at the high end of Winlaton towards the
Kuobley (a wood). When they got out there
Smith said to him, "I am going to tell you some-
thing, but I hope you will keep it secret. I went
down the lane with Baty last night, and gave him
a blow on the head with a Morgan Rattler.'" He
and Smith then went further on, and Smith hid the
Morgan Rattler in the Knobley hedge. Smith then
showed him a powder flask with a brass top. Wit-
ness could not tell whether he hid the powder flask
or no. He then gave Smith a shilling, and they
parted. Smith told him he took 6d. from Baty, and
that was all he had. He did not tell how he took
Thty's clothes off, but he told him that he hid his
own clothes in the hedge down the lane afterwards.-
He parted with him at the Red-house, and the said
he was goingright south. Witness could swear that
the clothes, the boots, cap, and trousers, worn by
Smith were Baty's. He saw them on Baty on the
Monday night. There was blood inside the cap
worn by Smith on Tuesday morning. Smith told
him to keep his own counsel. Smith had his dog
with him. He wore the same coat that he had on
the night before. Witness named this matter to
Wm. Douglas, a master of a steamboat at Blaydon
on Wednesday, the 7th, the day after Baty was
found. Did not know anything about Baty's murder
until Billcleugh's wife came in and said, " What a
bad job it was that poor Baty was found in the lane
stripped and murdered!" Smith immediately asked
him to come out and go along with him. Smith told
witness that he gave Baty a blow with the Morgan
Rattler, but did not expect that it would kill him.
Had seen the Morgan Rattler belonging to Smith.
(It was produced by the police, and was a deadly-
looking bludgeon, ramie of guttapercha, and heavily
loaded at the end.)
Jabez Squires, superintendent of the Durham
county police at Gateshead, accompanied Armstrong
to the Knobley-end woods on Wednesday afternoon
last, and he pointed out a place where Smith hid
his " Morgan Rattler." Witness found it among
some grass.
James Hooper, police officer of Blaydon, found a
pair of boots in a hedge in a field about 190 yards
from where the body of Baty was discovered. He
found them on Thursday last.
Superintendent William Johnson, of the rural
police, deposed that he was on Thursday searching
the hedges in the neighbourhood of where Baty's
body was found. He found a coat, waistcoat, and
trousers in a hedge near the Three-lanes-ends. The
coat and waistcoat were identified as belonging to
Baty. A shot-bag was found in one of the pockets
of Baty's coat; a dead pigeon in the other.
The pair of trousers found wrapped up in the
bundle with the coat and waistcoat found by the
police were identified by Ellen Atkinson, the person
with whom he had lodged at Blaydon before he
absconded, as Smith's. She said that Smith left
her house the night before the murder, and she had
not seen him since. She had seen a " Morgan
Rattler" very like the one shown to her in Smith's
possession. He put it into his pocket on the Mon-
day night. From the evidence of this witness it
would appear that the " Morgan Rattler" was all
the property, besides the dog, that Smith possessed,
as he only had one shirt. She identified the boots
found by the police as belonging to that person.
Armstrong lodged at her house with Smith. When
Smith left her house on Monday night he had no
money.
The inquest was adjourned until to-morrow for
the production of Smith. Great excitement pre-
vails in the village of Winlaton and neighbourhood,
and crowds of persons were congregated about the
coroner's court to-day.
IS

SHIP WRECK AND DREADFUL SUF.

FERINGS OF THE CREW.

The following particulars of the barque Brans-
com'ae, which sailed from Bristol on the Bth Novem-
ber, and Penarth Roads on the 21st November,
last year, have been written to a lady in that city
by one of the crew :
" H.B. M. Consulate, Amoy, China, Sept. 20,1860.
" We left Shanghai on the 3d August, and pro-
ceeded on our voyage to Manilla, and all went well
till Sunday, the 12th, when it began blowing fresh.
Soon after midnight the wind increased, and we
tried to close reef the topsails, when both split to
pieces, as did the foretopmast staysail ; we then put
preventive gaskets on the yards, but wherever the
wind could catch a bit of the sail it was gone
directly. On Monday, the 13th of August, the
typhoon was upon us at half-past eleven a.m.
Starboard was called, and immediately land was
seen straight a-head. We squared the foreyards, in
the hope of wearing the ship, but it was too late;
we were not a hundred fathoms from the shore.
Her starboard bow struck on a rock, and we cut
away the mainmast in the hope of easing her, We
could not get out the boats, as there was a tremen-
dous sea running. About five minutes after sbe
struck she broke her back, the foremast and mizen
topmast went, and she canted over to starboard,
when Mr. Gomer, second mate, and three of us
took to the water ; none of the others would follow.
When I was leaving the wreck the suction was so
great that it nearly took me down, but I had the
good fortune to catch a rope, so I hung on till I
saw a piece of timber, which I made for, and took
fast hold of. The seas were now making a clean
breach over the wreck. I was washed among the
racks, where I got terribly bruised and cut ; at
length a heavy sea washed me high and dry, and
I contrived to crawl along the rocks, where I found
two of the others, the second mate having gone
down. We than saw the captain and mate on the
bottom of the longboat, and helped them ashore.
We got under the shelter of a rock, and could see
six hands clinging to the stump of the mainmast,
the sea making a clean breach over them ; then five
of them got on to the mizenmast, where they re-
mained for about two hours; the ship then broke
up, and we never saw them more. We climbed
the rocks for two hours, but could not reach the
top, so we came down again and made a hut for the
night. Next morning we tried again, but it was no
use. We looked among the wreck for provisions,
but only found four bruised pumpkins, We then
set off to explore the place, and found that we were
on the uninhabited island of Agincourt, after which
we returned and set to work building a larger hut.
Next morning we found a boat with her bilge
and stern stove in, and commenced to try and
repair her. Two hands went to look for provisions,
but &and none, so we wero careful of our pump-
kins, that being all the provisions we had, with
the exception of a little pig. We finished the
boat by Sunday, but could not launch her owing
to contrary winds and a heavy sea. Our pumpkins
being all done, we had the luck to pick up two bits
of pork
,which the fish had turned up. We had
some of that to eat, and cut the rest up to dry. On
Thursday, the 23d, at noon, we launched the boat
and got clear of the island, On Saturday we killed
our pig, which was almost starved to death, and
drank the blood and ate the liver on that day, and
the heart, brain, lights, and entrails on the next.
On Sunday morning we saw a brig, but directly
she saw us she braced up and went away from us.
We then hove to the boat, it blowing very hard all
night. The captain stuck at the lee oar eighteen
hours to keep her head to sea. On the 31st we
made the island of Formosa, and next morning the
natives took us round to Olivia in a boat, where we
got on board the brig North Star in a dreadful
state, being so weak that we were unable to walk.
The captain was very kind to us, supplying us
with clothes, tobacco, &c. We left Cahan, and
reached Amoy on the 17th September, so you see
we had ten days ashore on an uninhabited island,
and eight days in an open boat, almost in a sinking
stale, keeping two hands continually bailing her
out. We lived all this time ou about three ounces
of rotten pork per day, so that we were nearly
done for.

" List of persons Lost.—Charles Gamer, second
mate; Charles Bryant, steward; Thomas Jenkins,
carpenter; George Pope, 0.5.; Charles Rowland
—from Bristol; Charles Wrinch, London; John
Brandon, Lynn, Norfolk ; John Smith, Colchester,
Essex ; Wm. Hobbs, cook, Southampton ; Ralph
Thompson, apprentice, Liverpool.
" List of Persons Saved.—Alexander Anderson,
captain ; Thomas Martin, chief mate, Bristol ; John
Lewis, A. 8., London ; Robert Gale, 0.5., Bristol
and William Turtle, 0.5., Southampton."

According to a telegram received yesterday from
Lisbon, most frightful weather had been experienced all
along the peninsular coast.
[ADVERTISEMENT,] - Pills and medicine invariably ag-
gravate and perpetuate diseases; their annoyance, dis-
appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons
in indifferent health sending only their address to E.
S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London, and they
will receive gratis and free by post the "INVALIDS' Ows
UIDE," or Natural Restorer, without medicine or ex-
Trnse, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, and
refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the removal
of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaints
nausea, epilepsy, paralysis, debility, nervousness, palpitation,
cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhoea,
dysentery,
,biliousners, I,,3vers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds,
noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions,
hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpi-
tation, heartburn, headache, despondency, cramps, spasms,
sinking, fits, hrouchiti&—"Unquestionably the West (Ago
'loelatiV