The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-20 00:00:00

ITALY.

Count della Marmora will, immediately on Count
de Cavour's return to Turin, which is expected to
take place at the end of this month, proceed to Sar-
dinia for the purpose of inspecting the coast forti-
fications.

A private letter from Turin of the 17th announces
that out of the 13 elections which have just taken
place in Piedmont, 12 have ended in the return of
Government candidates. The political tendencies
of the 13th successful candidate fire not well known.
Marquis Birago, the chief editor of the ultra-
clerical organ L' A nnonia, has been thrown out by
a majority of only 10.

Captain George M. Hicks, the Governor of White-
cross-street Prison, has been appointed a Commissioner
of the C,)urt of Chancery, to take affidavits within the
prison. Similar commissions have been issued by the
Courts of Queen's Bench,
Common Pleas, Exchequer,
and the Insolvent Debtors' Court.
MERCHANT SHIPPING Acr.—Mr. Wigram Crawford,
M.P. for the city of Loudon, and chairman of the Mer-
canti!e Marine Association, has given notice in the
House of Commons that he will move, early next ses-
sion, for a select committee to inquire into the working
of the Merchant Shipping Law Amendment Act, 1853.
It may be important to include an inquiry into the ope-
ration of the Passenger Act of 1854.

THE AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—This day
(Tuesday) the White Star dipper Red Jacket will sail
fir Melbourne, carrying a ship's mail. Letters will be
received here (Liverpool) till 11.11 am , and with late
fees tili 11.30 a.in On Wednesday the steam-ship Vigo
w:11 sail for Ne York (in place of the City of Balti-
more). Letters chill ho received in the Pest-office till
5.15 p.m., with late fees till 5.30 p.m., and on the laud-
ing stage, with a fee of 13., till the departure of the mail
tender. All letters and newspapers by the above packets
must bo prepaid.
THE DOG DAYS.—As many ptrsoas are desirous of
knowing how far the law may be efficacious in putting
a stop to the appearance of stray dogs in the street, it
may be well to mention that the Metropolitan Police
Act, 2d and 3d of Victoria, c. 47, s. 54, enacts, that any
one, who shall "turn loose, or suffer to be at large, an
unmuzz'ed ferocious dog," shall be liable to a penalty of
405., and section 61 of the same act gives power to the
police to destroy any dog reasonably suspected of being
in a rebid state. Tricse two sections appear to accom-
plish all that the most ardent canicide could require.
LAST MOII2:NTS OF THE LATE CAPT. SIR W. PEEL.—
We have seen a letter, says the Bristol Times, from a mid-
shipman of the Shannon, who was with the Naval Bri-
gade, and which is written to his friends in Hampshire,
which gives, in the boy's language, a Lirnple and touching
account of the last moments of the gallant officer :—" Of
course you have heard of poor Capt. Peel's death; he died
at Cawnpore, at the house of Mr. Moore, the clergyman
there, who seems to have been very kind to him during
his illnes The doctor wbb attended him would not say
how ill he was, although be begged that he might be told
at once if ha was in ab,,olute danger. Several times

when Mr. Moore went into his room he found him on
his knees, and when prayers were"offer d op in church
for his recovery, the day before his death, he was very
much pleased. Throughout his illaess he constantly
spoke of his mother and Lundy, the village joining his
e ;tate in England., saying how glad they would be to
see him again, and he begged that it might not be
generally known how ill he was, for fear his mother
should hear it."
OXFORD Pause.—Tha Vice-C'lancellor ainouncee
that the following suljects are proposed for the Chan-
cellor's Prizes for the en uing year. viz. :—For Latin
Verse—lndia Ori,ntalis. For an English Essay—The
effect produced by the gold of America on the greatness
and prosperity of Spain. For a Latin Essay—Quatenes
Melee cre3endurn sit de Argouauteruna curse maritime ?
The subject of Sir Robt. Newdegate's prize is Lucknow.
THE BODY EXPOSED NEAR SHEERNESS.—Yesterday
the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Min-
ster appeared before the county magistrates at Sitting-
bourne to answer on an information laid against them
under the Act of George 111 , cap. 75, sec. 7, far not
burying the body of a roan found drowned within the
parish of Minster. Mr. James Lewie, town-clerk of
Rochester, conducted the prosecution, the information
being laid by Mr. W. B Igecembe, coroner's constable,
by order of the Mayor of Rochester. Mr. Joseph H.
Burley, one of the overseers, conducted his own case,
and Mr. MtCerthy Stephenson, solicitor, attended to
conduct the case for one of the other overseers,
Tee magistrates heard only two wi:nesses for
the preeectition, Mr. Edgecombo and the pier con-
stable, Mr. Carpel, when they retired, and, after a short
coneultatin, on returning into court, the Rev. J. Poole,
chairman, said, as he was quite satisfied the ma ter would
drop there, they said that the notice required by the Act
of Periatneet bad not been proved to their sati,facdon,
and they therefore di-mis,,e,l tee case. Upon an apph.
cation of the plaintiff,
Mr. William Edgc enbe' the ma-
gistrate; granted a case to be taken under the Acts cf
the 20 h and 21st of Victoria, cap. 43, whereby the opi-
nion of the Court of Qneeri'e Bench should be taken to
set the matter at rest. Mr. Le Nis and Mr. Fele,combe
were bound over in their own recognizence3 to appear
at the Court of Queen's Bench when called upm for
that purpose. Mr. Burley applied to the magistrates to
he granted his and hie colleagues's and his
magistrates.
EXPENSES which request was refused by the
EXPENSES IN THE BERNARD CASE.—We are very
far from having heard the last of the Bernard bmines-t
It appears that the prosecution cost a most enormous
scm, and that the b;11 of particulars is being hunted up
by the friends of the victerioue defendaut, who are also
subscribing to p ,y his costs, which though merely those
out cf pocket, Bernard's lawyers working for principle
and not fir interest were close upon 1,000/. Amon
hose subscribers are Mr. of whose pretended
conspiracy at Genoa the toe-teeesr Walewski made as
great a blunder as he anti his redow conspirator Per
signv, made in London in supporting that French
poodle Pelarerston and tie British Lion were the
identical animal. T.(forne
co others of these subscribers o
251. and Si. respectively) are that Mr. Stewart, of
Liver-
pool, and his brother, to whore Orsini committed his
daughters, in his letter f -tan the Austrian dungeon—one
of the noblest productions ever penned, antique
a
()icier° cf the des >ic combieing with Christian reliance
e
on a hereafter in the mode of which many instances are
given in the old Spanish ballads, but are se
ei,qa elsewhere even in P't try, and morerarlely"Ailmlint
real life.—Liverpool Albion.

FROM CHILI TO ENGLAND.—A regular rozd has ben
establi he-3 hi.t xeen Valparaiso and Beunos Ayres
acros the C irdilleras and Pampas. The Cordilleras ere
traversed by means of mulss and the Pampas by horses
and cars. Mule carriage ceS3S at Mendoza at the eastern
foot of the Carderillas. Meielants from Chili often travel
by this route when the yel:ow fever is prevalent at St.
Thomas's, and reach Europe by the Bi-zilian mail
packets, in order t 3 avoid creasing the Isthmus of
Panama and taking passage in the Wc.t India steamers.
A short time since corns Chilian passengers having
crossed the mountains and Pampas to czcap3 the yell)w
Lver in Antalt.s, caught th 3 fever at Rio do Jansiro
and died.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA. --From Adelaide, our ad vices reach
to May 11, at which date the Landon mail of March had
not been delivered. The general state of c mitnerce is
repr.rtel sound ; trade brisk. Parliament was prorogued
till Jane. Dr. Alurthy, tl.e Roman Ca!holic Archbishop
of Adelaide for 14 yearn, died of decline. B ilbage's
expli.ring party were at a staid-will fir want of water ;
the col my hai suff red froin Itng-continued drought,
the oduce v.as
to the minimum (pant ty, atd taiied to the
pric S r Ric:Lard Macdonali, the governor
o! th, colony had returned cvpital from an exten•
sive trip to the north, west coast, And an inspection of the
copper mined at Port Line, w
the
orkings of which, itis
started, would make P,rt I inc.On ono of he most prosper-
ous districts in the prJvinci,s, R .cling the mining in-
t,rests of ef 1 :ay, the Adelaide 01)creci• remarks :
" Tue sp'eadid discoverie t f c made in tie
nsrt.i have drawn gr, er attention to this department
of our native v;ealtb. All Girt umstauc -s seem to concur
a'. this rn.-mient to er,c,ittra;!•.,- the brisk exten-ion of our
cniniug ofi:?raticns. With'inexbauitible wealth beneath
the soil, nd with the pri.sp: ct uf an ample supply f
!alma, for its developement, nothing can be more pre-
misirg than the present condition of the mining in-
tcre,t cf Stu h Ausiralia." The Burma Burra shares are
quo', d at 11'61.; cop;2er, 110/ per ton.— Mihing Journal.
Ju y 17,1853,

LAW INTELLIGENCE,—(his Day )

- - -
HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 20,

(Peers present—The Lard Chancellor, Lord Cranwortb,

Lord Wensleydale, and others.)
APPEAL-SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE, BART., V. BROWSE.
The further hearing of this part-heard appeal was ap-
pointed at half-past 10 o'clock this morning.
Mr. Braithwaite (Ireland) was heard for the appellant.
Mr. Moreley (Ireland) was in attendance for the ap-
pellant.
Sir Richard Bethel, Q.C., addressed the Court for the
respondents.

COURT OF PROBATE.
(Before Sir C. Cresswell, Judge Ordinary.)

IN RE GEORGE CARTER, DECEASED-IMPORTANT POINT.

Dr. Waurbey applied for the issue of letters of adminis-
tration to the deceased's sister. The deceased was
born in 1807, and resided with his parents till 1825,
when he went to sea, and had never been since heard of.
The sum involved was the deceased's share in
2,1001. 3 per Centa.

Sii C. Cresswell said a difficulty arose in this case.
By the papers before him the father did not die till 1836,
and the presumption was that the deceased died before
his father.

Dr. Waurbey submitted there was no limited period
laid down in the Prerogative Court.
Sir C. Cresewell said the presumption in law was that
if a person was not heard of within seven years, he was
dead, but it fixed no specific time within that period,
and he had acted on that assumption ever since he had
sat in that court, and he would continue to do so.

Dr. Waurbey suggested that his lordship should grant
administration under the discretionary clause.
Sir C. Cresswell said he could not do that, because he
might, by so doing, be granting it to the wrong party.
The father left a will and executors, giving the property
to his children, and in the event of George, the de-
ceased, not being heard of within four years, his share
should be divided amongst the others.

Dr. Waurbey said that if his lordship presumed the
father survived the son, he could not ask him to grant
letters of administration.

Slr C. Cresswell said he was bound to presume that
the deceased was dead at the end of seven years, and
that his father survived him.

Application refused.
IN RE GAISWORTIIY, DECEASED.

Dr. Waurbey said the deceased was a mariner, and
resided in Radcliffe-street, Bristol. In August, 1857, he
sailed from London, bound to St. Kitt,'s. He arrived
there at the end of 34 days, and sailed for
England in November following. Neither he nor the
crow or the ship had since been heard of ; and it ap-
peared that during this period heavy gales at sea
had occurred in the direct track of the ship, and it
was believed the ship must have foundere.7, and the
deceased, witb his crew, perished in consequence. The
underwriters had paid the insurance on the ship, and
the wife now prayed that probate be granted to her as
sole executrix and legatee of her husband.
Application granted.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before Sir C. Creswell, Judge Ordinary.)
DAVIS V. DAVIS-ALIMONY.

Dr. Tristram, who appeared for the wife, who had
instituted p• oceedings for a dissolution of marriage on
the ground of cruelty and adultery by the husband,
applied for alimony pendent?, lat.?. The respondent was
a farmer in Wales, and, according to his statement, he
was possessed of a freehold worth 1001. a year, a p)rtion
of which he let for 301. a year. Ho was also in receipt
of 641., exclusive of income tax, from certain property
belonging to his wife. His stock and furniture he valued
at 3871. He also stated himself to be indebted in
6001., for which he paid 271. per annum interest.
There were eight children by the marriage—the oldest
of whom, daughter, was married ; the others, who
were under age, resided with the mother, the youngest
of them being about six years of age. •
Dr. Deane, who appeared for the husband, said the
question of the custody of the children would have to
clme before the Court on a future day. The sworn ir.
come of the Lutband was 1641., less 271. interest, and he
was possessed of 3871., stock and furniture.
The jadge said the wife was not bound to keep the
children, and under the circumstances he decraed ali-
mony to the amount of 35/. a-year during the progress
of the suit, the amount to be paid monthly.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(More Mr. C3uarniBsioner Goa'burn.)
IN RE MORRIS BROWN AND CO.-PRTITIDN TO ANNUL-

IMPORTANT QUESTION.

To-day 'was appointed for hearing a petition to super-
sede the bankruptcy of MeearF. Illorrie Brown and Co.,
who were extensive Government contractorg, &c., at
Roche ter and Chatham.

Mr. Roxburgh and Mr. Pool: were for the bankluptr,
Mr. I-Ml.oyd for the opposing creditor, a gentleman
named Crampton, and one of the assignees, but who bad
not proved his debt.

The case, although not entirely novel in some respect,
is of importince with regard to others, affecting the in.
terests of creditors dissenting to a cluipronyise.
peared that an arrangement had been proposed and
agreed to by every creditor but Mr. Crampton, a creel.-
tor to a large amount, but who had not Proved his debt,
and he on some ground oppcsei the present petition.
His Honour read a le;.t,o' from Mr. Commissioner
Holroyd, who was thecommissijner to whom the CASe had
been ballotted, expressing his opinion that the present
motion ought not to be heard until a question between
Mr. Cratnpton and the bankrupts had been decided.
His Honour said that he so fully coincided in the view
of the case which the learned C)mtnissioner llolroyd hud
taken that he would suggest to counsel not to proceed.
Mr. Roxburgh oli-acted to any postponement—the CAEO
came heflre the Court in the usual way, and he felt
assured that it would not be at all influenced by
information not strictly bdore the Court, for
however deferentially he might yield to the decision or
opinion of one learned commissioner under one state
of circumstances, he insisted on the right of the
bankrupts to be heard en their petition, as all the
creditors had been satisfied except the opposing creditor,
whose debt had been tendered to him. The learned
counsel all►ided to several cases in which supersedeas had
been granted adverse to the opposition of yin individual
creditor.

His Honour wished to know whether any case could
be quoted where a supenedea3 could be claimed ag a
right. Lord Eldon bad held that it was a matter in the
discretion of the Court.

Mr. Roxburgh said that thin case differed very much
—waiving for the instant, however, the right here was a
case of discretion—evEry creditor who had proved agreed ;
but one who had not, but could be paid in full, refused,
and why should he be allowed to ietervene between the
bankrupts and their creditors, and ruin all their future
prospects. In such a case as this it would be hard, in-
deed, to lay down the diction that a party who, although
he might be a creditor by his own ladles, had not proved
his debt, should be naw allowel to appear as a party in
the cause in Court.

His Honour said that al affilavit had been filed,
which explained facts, and showed prima facie that there
had been no Inches. He would rcad it.
Mr. Roxburgh protested, and said that he would I),
only wasting the lima of the Court and his own by fur-
ther argument, and must be cinsidered to have retired,

His Honour said he should wish to have the affidavit
read, and handed it to Mr. ILlroyd, who read it pro
forma, as no one virtually appeared to support the peti-
tion.

It was stated that an app3a.l %mid be entered forth
with.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.,

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

AIDING A CHARGED PERSON TO ESCAPE,—COMMITTAL
FOR TRlAL,—William wbo refused his address,
was charged .hy Charles Cole, 317 A, a dtteet;vo officer,
as follows :

Cole laid that at half-past one that morning he was in
Oxford-street, near Hare wood-gate, when he heard a cry
of " Police." He went to the spot, when be saw a gen-
tleman holding a female, who he said had attempted to
steal his watch. He seiz 3d the female's hands, ar.d in
one of them she had the watch, %Oi:eh was not detached
from the chain. Tile gentleman then put the watch in
his pocket, and he having left go of the female's hand
silo immediately commenced striking him as hard as
she could in the face and on the body, at the same time
kicking and hallooing. He caught hold of her with the
intention of taking her to the station-house, when the
prisoner cams up and said, " Do you want to choke
the woman I" He told the prisoner he did not,
but he wanted to take her to tl.e ststi:ln-house. Toe pri-
soner then said, "How do I know who von arc—where's
your staff I" He told him he bail no staff, bat showed
him his warrant-card, and was al) ,ut taking her along
when the prisoner followed him and ttipped him up,
saying, " Let her to, yeti --," The female then
male her e3cape, and while he (Cole) was on the ground
the prisoner kicked him violeritly on the body, aLd he
was all over b:uit es.
Wm. Gower, a gentleman's coac'sinan, said he went to
the officer's assistance, and held ti.e woman whileher7as
shoring his card, and when the officer was taking the