The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-09 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1858.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 7xit JOLT, 185 S.
['HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
w INDIA CO MrANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that a
SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said Company will ho held at
their house in Leadenhall-street, on MOND tY next. the 12th inst.,
at Eleven o!clock in the forenoon, at the desire of Nine Proprietors
of East India Stock., as expressed in the following requisition, viz.:
- •

"To the Court of Directors of the East India Company.
" We, the undersigned, Proprietors of East India Stock. duly
qualified by law, request thlt you will convene at your e.rliest con-
venience a Special General Court of Propiletars, for the purpose of
taking into con'idcration a bill before Parliament, entitled ' A Bill
for the better Government of India.'

" G. CRANSHAY.
" ALEXR. BEATTIE.
" M. LEWIN.
" T. WILLIAMS HELPS.
" JNO. JONES.
" G. L. GRAVES.
" JOHN CORK.
" WM. DENT.
" J. 11. PINCKNEY.
J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary.

" 7th July, 1858."

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN
[RAILWAY.
Office, Euston Station, July 8, 1858.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the BOOKS in which
TRANSFERS of STOCK and Shares of this Company are .regis-
tered will be. CLOSED on TUESDAY, the 20th inst. ; aa.l that all
Transfer Deeds for Registration must be deposited in this office on
or before that day, to entitle Proprietors to the forthcoming Div!.
dend.—By Order.

H. BOOTH, I-Secret:tries.
CHAS. E. STEWART,

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TAPLOW and BACK, on Sundays, fbr 2s. 6d., from Paddington
at 9 a.m., returning at 6.57 p.m,
HENLEY and BACK for 3s. from Paddington at 9 a.m., return
at 8.55 p.m.

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Fares—From Padding,ton Guernsey and Jersey and back, 455.
and 355., by the AQUILA or CYGNUS, fast steam-ships, from Wey-
mouth Harbour, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at
Eight, a.m. JOSEPH MAUNDERS, Manager and Secretary.

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EPPS'S COCOA.—EPPS, Homceapathic
Chemist, London.—This excellent preparation c on be obtained
of the principal Grocers in lib. and 14 lb. packets, is. 6d. and 9d.
Each puicet is labslled—JAMS E eS, liommopathic Chemist,
London.

THE -EAST' INDIA TEA. COMPAZ;.7I:, i❑
expectation of their nest Telegram bring.n.7 favourable news,
have reduced their quotations for DiacX or Green Teas to 2s. per lb
in 61h. hags—thelowest price on record.—Warehouses, 9, Great St.
Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street.

SCHWEPPE'S SODA WATER, MALVERN
SELTZER WATER, POTASS WATER, and LEMONADE.
Ever,. Bottle of tho Alkali Waters is protected by a Label over the
cork with their signature. Sold by all respectable Chemists, Con-
fectioners, and at the leadinT Hotels. Manufactured at London,
Liverpool, Bristol, Derby, and Malvern Wells.

MESSRS. NICOLL'S ESTABLISHMENTS
are thus divided :
No. 114, REGENT-STREET, is their Depot for Paletot3, Uni-
forms, Gentlemen's Evening and Morning Dress.
No. 116, for the manufacture of the Guinea Trousers.
No. 118, for the Half-Guinea Waistcoats.
No. 120, for Waterproofed Guinea Capes, and Servants' Liveries.
N 0.142 is their new Estah'ishment for LacLes' Riding Habits and
Mantles. •
No. 144 contains their other nevi Department'for Clothing y sung
gentlemon with the taste, excellence, and economy whereby Messrs.
NICOLL have secured wide spread confidence,.
The Wholesale Warerooms are at the rear of the Regent-street
premises, viz., 29, 30, 31, and 41, W A RWICK-STREET.
The City Depot is at 21 and 22, Cornbill.
The addresses of the various Agents are duly advertised in the
journals of the United Kingdom and the Colonies.

R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet•
LY _IL street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI-
FICIAT.TEETII,fIaed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so
?erfectly resemble the nataral teeth as not to be distinguished from
:he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or
teen', and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used.
rhis method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful
1-y:ration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and Is
guaranteed to restore iarticulation and mastication; and that Mr.
iloward's improvement may be within the reach of the most ',emu>.
Weal, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De-
zayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in rnastica.
tiOn.-59, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five.

DEOPLE of ENGLAND.—Read the BIO-
GRAPHICAL sKErca ofJ AXES MORISON, the Hygeist,
with the !reasons 'that led him to the discovery of the Vegetable
Universal Medicine, after 35 years' suffering under the med.cal •
faculty, and alto his reasons for coming to the conclusion that deadiy
pol=o s should never have ben allied with the science of medicine.
—May be had (gratis) at the British College of Health, Euston-road,
London, and of all the Hygelan agents throughout the world. By
post, on sending a penny stamp.

THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.
It l, only a short time since this singularly efficacious art'cle
of animal dlot first inxde its aprearance.; And aieady its celebrity
is world-wide. It lies been a subject of wer,r and has Puzzled
many a brain to explain hod* this has been brought about. Yet when
we are acquainted with a few facts concerning the food, our wonder
will cease. A few daye since, a gentleman, wrote, stating that he
had a horse which was a" perfect bag of bones " tried all kithen
nds
01 things to get the animal into condition, hat in vain. Ile
bought some of Thor'ey's food ; awl he rays the effect was wonder-
ful. The horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weeks, bad
gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agricultural
shows at Birmingliam.Ctud;ff, &c,, the anlmais whc carritored o
off the
the
highest pr zes, had been partly fed with Thorleyis h food
Such facts speak for themselves, and we are forged to the concht-
rtedreospt ei °inn
ate- street,
slots, that its celebrity arises solely trom its Own intrinsic merits,
and
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TEE MERCANTILE MIRINE SERVICE
ASSOCIATION.

W• Crawford
A deputation, comprsng Mr. R. DEPUTATION TO THE BOARDR OF TRADE.
ii
M.P., Mr. H. G. Lan 'on Mr- Gard,Mr. A
Mark
. W. .
\Yo v
bui
tnwge,p
Mr.
H
teßv.enDs,aMvery._ M.P.
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wards, Captains Avery, Rowe,' Holman, St
Ironmonger, and Mr. Jackson, secretary of theayers,
Mercantile Marine Service Association, bad
interview yesterday with the Rig an
Henley, President of the Board of Trade, with a
ht Ho. W.
view of inducing the Government to grant a charter_
to incorporate the Mercantile Marine Service of
the country. The Earl of Donoughmore, vice-
president of the board, Mr. Booth, and Captain
Walker were also present.
Mr. Crawford, M.P., introduced the deputation.
Mr. Langton, M.P., presented an address frotn
the Bristol Chamber of Commerce, praying a revi-
sion of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854.
Mr. Henley said he found in a handbill which
had been sent him, referring to a meetiug held. un
Wednesday, that three objects were stated which
were not in an ordinary charter. They were the
first three—the removal of all burdens from ship-
ping, to reform and simplify the act of 1854, and
amend the present system of examina'ion, C.
He did not think the Crown would be advised
to grant a charter which was to deal with par-
ticular interests in the way snggested. The latter
portion of the bill—the forma-lion of schools and
the establishment of homes and pensions for
aged mariners—was well worthy of consideration,
and in legisla'ing on that subject it was very dei.r-
able that it should he applied in a general way to all
the ports, and not limited to any particular districts.
Mr. Crawford said a feeling had been expressed
at Liverpool that shipowners should be excluded
from the couivil, and that it should be confined to
mariners. Nuw, it was thought very desirable, for
the well-being of the service, that shipowners
should not be shut out as suggested. With re-ipect
to the parties who had signed the memorial, he was
assured that the signatures had been obtained
simply on the ground of urging the Government
to grant a charter, and without any reference to
any handbill or other matter.
Mr. Henley said the objects of the depuiation
were twofold—one was fora charitable purpose, and
the other to enable them to bring their grievances
with greater force before Parliament. Now, for
r the charitable part a charter might be obtained, but

for the other portion one would not. But be would
entreat them to give the matter the fullest consi-
deration. •It was most desirable that the principal
pits, such m Liverpool and others, should be
agreed, and that this great charitable institution
should not be for any particular ports, but applied
in a general way throughout them all.
Mr. Crawford said the advice and recommenda-
tion of the right hon. gentleman would command
the mob serious atter); ion of the association, and he
trusted thit they would be able to secure the una-
nimity of the ports in carrying out the proposed
undertaking.
Mr. Henley earnestly hoped they would. •
The deputation then withdrew.

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NAVAL AND MILITARY JRTELLIGLrNCE•

The following reinforcements lave embarked on
board the Recruit, 936 tons burden, at Gravesend
for B:•mbay—viz., 40 non-commissioned officers
and men of the 14th (the King'-s) Light Dragoons ;
65 men of the 71st Highlanders (I,ight Infantry) ;
41 amen of the 72d Highlande. s ; 36 men of the 83d
Regiment ; and 62 men of the 92d Highlander; ;
total, 218 men of all ranks; together with the fol-
lowirg officers :—Capt. W. C..G. Pery, 89‘h Re-
giment ; Lieut. G. -Bulwer, 71st Ilielanders ;
Lieut. A. C. Rattray, 92d Iligh'anders ; Cornet
B. Bradley and Cornet P. Dodson, 14th Light
Dragoons; and Ensign A. R. A. B 92.1 High-
landtrs. The Annie Roy don, of 1,170 tons,
his been taken up by the Hon. East ludic Com-
pany for ;he conveyance of reinforcements to
India. _

Directions have been issued from the Admiralty
for eight of the mortar boats built for carrying on
the war with Russia tole sent fro Sheerness to
Chatham dockyard for preservationl#n•case their
services should be again required.
New colours were presented yesterday to the
Portsmouth division of Royal Marine Light In-
fantry, in the .Head-quarter Barrack-square,
Forton. •
The court-martial instituted at Portsmouth, for
the trial of 'Ensign J. J. Scott, of the 47th Foot,
terminated yesterday. The prisoner read a long
defence in viudica ion and extenuation of the
offences al'eged against him ; and the court pro-
ceeded to deliberate upon their verdict, which will
be submitted to the Commander-in-Chief before
being pi omul,gated.
The Cm-aar, 91, screw, Captain C. Xsteritk, bentsails -ves t e ei;_tive-tPo rtsmouth; •

. The Curagoa, 31, screw, Captain T. Mason, has
completed her repairs; and is coaling to be in readi-
ness for further service. _

The Imp rieuse, 51, screw frigate, is complete,
and ready to come out of the steam basin.
The Penelope, 16, steam frigate, Capt. Sir W.
Wisemar, vas-paid off yesterday at Portsmouth.
The Royal steam yacht Victoria and Albert is
ordered to be got ready for the WO of her Majesty.
Rear-Admiral Sir B,lldwin W. Walker, K.C.8.,
Aide-de-Camp to the Queen and Surveyor-General
of the Navy, visited the ships fitting for service in
Woolwidh dockyard on Wednesday. •
Abut half-a-dozen iron guns, the first fruits of
the new establishment at Woolwich, were yesterday
conveyed to the proof-butt at the extremity of the
Arsenal, by means of boydeli's traction engine, to
be submitted to a • primary proof—namely, to be
fired with two rounds of powder and solid shot.
The long-contested difficulty of arriving at the
method of a correct fusion of metals fur the purpose
required has now, it is hoped, to a certain degree
been overcome, and the enormous cost and length-
ened expenditure of the establishment may coin:-
mence yieteing some equivalent produce. The
result of the various t: its of lire, water, sun,
searching, it c , through which these guns must be
rigidly tried before they eau be passed f*Jr service,
and on which the character of the establishment
mainly depends, is looked to with considerable
inieiest. . _

Mr. Charles W. Stevenson was yesterday ap-
pointed Second Master to the Marlborough.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WORCESTER, RACES.-TEIURSDAT.

The Trial Stakes (Handicap), of 5 sovs each, with 30
added. One mile and a quarter. 14 sub'.
Mr. B. Land's Little Cob, by Sweetmeat, 4 yrs, fist 101 b
(Ducker) 1
Mr. T. CA's Sobieski, 3 yrs, s.tt 7th (Gardiner) 2
Betting-5 and 6tol on Little Cub, who won iu a
canter by a lenlith.
The Two-Year-Old Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Allowances and pen-
alties. T.Y.C. Straight half-a-mile. 12 t
Mr. Lenocroft's Joey Grimaldi, by Joe Lovell, Sat 41b
(Snowden) 1
Mr. T. Parr's ludifference (late Independanc ). Bst 41b
(E. Forster) 2
Mr. J. Lowe'd Griselda, Btt 41b ........ ...(Bashani) 3
The, tollovving also ran :—Broadnritn, Jaffa, and
Cynthia.
Betting—Even on Indiffdrence, 7 to 2 agst Griselda,
4 to 1 agst Cynthia, 7 to 1 aget any other.
Won by three lengths ; a head between the second
and third ; a length between the third and four,h.
Toe Worcestershire Stakm,(Hanilicap) of 10 soya each,
5 f', and three only it declared, with 100 added ; the
second to save his stake. Oae mile and three furl ings.
75 subs., 47 of whom pay 3 soya It.
Mr. Evans'.. Misty Morn, by Weathergaqe, 3 yrs, 4,t
121 b (car. 4st 1310)
Mr. Saxon's Plincers Royal, 3 yrs, Sit 4,b
(Grim.ha%) 2
Mr. G. Fatater's Underhand, 4 yrs, 7... t 11. b (inc.
Sib extra) . (Bastaam) 3
The following also ran :—Dumtries, C;Jmtuotion,
filmy S;:ink.y, and Knockburn.
Betting-6 to 4 f.g.tt Underhand, 4to 1 aget Commo-
tion. 100 to 15 each agst Princess ltiiyal and Durables,
10 to 1 agst Misty Morn, 100 to 8 agst Snuck burn.
Won cleverly by half a length, a head between the
second and third ; Knockburn was filth, Commotion
sixth, and Harry Stanley, who ran against a post, last.
Toe pace was bad all the way.
The Selling Stakes of 5 soya each. vs ith 40 added, for
three-yr-olds and upwards. One mile and a quarter.

5 T•ub,,.
Mr. R:gby's °id Fan, 3 ;ire, (301.), Est 111 b (Snnwdeh) 1
Mr. herring's Chaperon, 3y rs (301.)6,t1lib(Nevilt.) 2
Nis. E. Weaver's Blew bury, 3 yrs, (301) bit llib
(Pritchard) 3

Choir re.
Work by tau
and third.

2).tiE CASE OF MR. BARBER.

A *good man struggling with affliction -iF, accord-
ing to the old 11,?athen saying, a spectacle) for the

go-ds. 11 we ►night confound times ;old places, we
should say that the old shadowy worthies of
Olythpus and- the Capitol must, upon this prin-
ciple, have yeuived . the most intense satisfaction

. .
from the relations lately existine, at Norfolk Island
between one Major Child and that 6 unfortunate Mr.
Barber of whose wrongful condemna.ion and suffer-
ings all the world has heard. We are about to call

the attention of ou4. readers to a very dreadful

story ; many of the details are of a very unsavoury

character, but this we cinnot help. The shame is
in doing such things-, not in denouncing them to
public indignation. We are well aware that in
telling the tale in the f'dlowing fashion we shall be
liable to the reproach of relying upon an ex parte
statement. We take, however, Major•
story from his own lips, and Mr. Birber is not
heard in redly. This is the tort/ which Major Child
himself, anxious to place his conduct in the point
. .

of view most favourable to himself, would have us
accept as truth. Better than he himself has re-

presented is his coudult could not have been—
worse, infinitely worse, it may have been—but, we

shut Mr. Barbjr out of Court,- arid take the account
of the relations between his ctutl adversary and
himself from the. adversarrs own lips. Even so,

what a tale I

It is right to premise that the following narra,
tive was extracted from Major Child a day or two

ago by a co'amittee of the House of Con-anous, :
Major Child was commandant of Norfolk Island
at the time when' Mr. Barb.r and Fletcher, his
guilty partner,---i!i-erablilad, ai couviet4; at that
miserable place. Applications were made to M •jor
Child by persons who would have been willing to
employ Mt. B trber in the capacity of clerk, but
their applications were sternly, refus‘.'d. Time
were regulations, according to Major Child's state-
ment, made by Sir Eatdley the Governor,
to the effect that no ptisoner should le employed

in any light labour until he had been twelve mouths
an the island. This was a general order with re-
gard to all convicts. It appeared, however, that
Fletcher, the man who really perpetrated the crime
of which Mr. Biaber had been wrongfully accused
and wrongfully convicted, was from the time he
arrived on the island employed as a medical dis-
penser, and never in any -other way. He had a
private apartment and superior ration. Augustus
Daimas, who was convicted of the murder on Bat-
tersea-bridge, was similarly employed as a chemist.
Several other ,seat criminals—murderers among
others—were kept at light occupations. Now, Mr. •
Barber, a man of education, of weak frame, and
with his health shattered by the persecutions he
had undergone, was immediately upon his arrival
in the island made a " wardsmane Major Child
describes the duties of the eflice thus :—" He was
put to the offensive employment of cleaning and
scrubbing out the urinals used by about 200 pH-.
Boners." He was compelled to sleep at night
among these wretched creatures. The natural con-
sequence was that his health gave way, and re-
peatedly he had to be sent to hospital, but as fre-
quently as he came out he was coustned again to
his noisome occupation. The medical superinten-
dent at last, -upon his own authority, as we read
Major Chilr3's story, tent him to beak stones upon
the road as a relief, and such relief to a !can who
was spending one week of his life in a hospital and
the next week out of it ! M.-jor Child, however,
appears to have grudged even this slight measure of
relief in the shape of open air and out door exercise
to the man whom he had determined to reform by
suffering. A few days after Mr. Barber had been set
to stone-breaking on the roads Major Child was out
taking an airing on horseback, an.i, as ill-luck would
have it; came across the unfortunate convict. lie
pulled up and said, " What do you he ra ?" Mr.
Barber answered, "Sir, I am ordered to break
stones by the medical superintendent." Major
Child's reply was simple, but to the purpose—" I
will not have that." He rode up to the station, and
gave orders that this unfortunate geeteman seould
be confined once more to his loathsome iccupetime
One day, when he was engaged upon it, Major
Child came in and asked him " What is your objec-
tion to cleaning your ward ?" Mr. Barber answered,
"I have made no objection ; it is destroying my
health, but I have made no objection." - Major
Child asked " How does it injure your health ?"
Mr. Barber endeavoured to explain that the work
was the most disgusting that could be imagined ;
he cared not how hard the task might be which was
imposed upon him in lien of an otli.3e so humiliat-
ing and so nauseous :.but all was unav:,iling. Ma-
or Coil' simply rejoined, as before, "How doe; it
injure your health ?" Mr. Barber replied, "Inde-
pendently of tilt, exhalations, I have had wet feet
every morning from going out in a heavy dew."
Major Child, a very strong-minded man, answer d,
"Then put your slaws on." "Mr. Barb ,r r: plied,
"That is of no us , they will soon get tilled with
wster." "Then take them off!" With this humour-
ous rejoinder Major Guild strode away, according
to Mr. Barber's account, laughing at his own wit.
The only modification of the story which M
Child could ,uggeat to the C •mnaittee of the House
of Commons the other day war, " I do no; think I
laughed at his misery." With this difference he
acknowledged that the account might stand.
This state of things continued for a time, and
Major Childkept this unfortunate gentleman, whom
untoward fate had placed in his power, hard at
work upon his daily occupation of emptying and
scrubbing the urine-tubs of 20U convict.. He was
repeatedly entreated to have mercy, but mercy he
would not have. It was not until the medical
superintendent and chaplain threatened t hit
if he would not liberate Mr. Barber from
an occupation which was killing him they
would hold him responsible for the death
of the innocent convict that
_he desisted

from this form of persecution. fr'frey he had
last, but this mercy consisted in setting Mr.
.
Bar,- to hard work in a fi-ld with a chain gang.
Theworkhat he was tot to perform was of the
heaviest kind
o _which the human frame can be
subjected ; but t
story. Among the ^a.a was the slightest part of the
h...
-1,7 with Whieli he was work-
story. murderers against whom
ing were the friends of twe n evidence. In terror
Mr. Barber had fortner:y give:
1-paged from such
of his life, he prayed to be distG.
Ts inexorable.
companionship, but Major Child vt.
l
ask of our
At tt.is point we must really pause, ariL
readers to realize to themselves the horiott; owf Muchah
a situation. What days ! What welts t
sleep! What wakings ! All the time that tb.:l
poor gentleman—inneeent as he was of the offence'
with which he had been charged—was kept at work
with these wretches, he could never have known
one moment which was not marked by i s own
separate agony. He was waiting to lx) murdered !
Is there any kind or degree of guilt of which a
human being can be capable which could have
merited such a punishment as this? In the case of
the very worst murderer who has been convicted
before our criminal tribunals we hang the man,
and there is an end of it. He is told exactly when
the blow must fall, he is provided with every sort
of conFolaeion which may serve to mitigate his un-
fortunwe position until the inevitable moment ;
but he is not kept day after day, and week after
week, fumbling the halter off his throat. Think of
ir, what it must have been ! Endeavour to realize
but five minutes of such misery I Nov,what was
Mr. Barber's conduct throughout ? Hero is the
testimony of an eye-witness, the chaplain on Nor-
folk Island :—" I have never known a prisoner of
the Crown who has been subjected to greater
wretchedness. I rejoice to be able to add that I
have never seen an instance of more etgnified .suffer-
g, accompanied by in variably consistent con duct."
At last the moment of release came. Major Child was
dismissed for general misconduct from his post, and
Mr. Barber was free. His sufferings have become
the subject of investigation before a Committee of
the House of Commons.
~ The committee have de-
cided, that ,although, ecordin6 to the rules and
practice of the house, they are precluded from en-
tering into the questiou of pecuniary compeansberatihason,
yet they express their opinion that gr. Br
strong claims on the favourable consideration of the
Crown. Such a recommendation must, of course,
receive attention. Mr. Bather will obtain some
slight and it:sufficient ceMpensatit,n for the ruin of
his life. it is, of course, well that it should Le so
at last, and we rejoice jet it is so ; but, looking_
at the question from a public point of view, we can
only hope that Mr. Barber's case may become the
been
basis for an improvement of the law of criminal
owaantosf
iappeal.tiado The
se has
our system of criminal jurisprudence. The Home
hpiotllerrtotbo obtain n
deep
a new trial
blot o n
Secretary has authority to pardon and release,
which of course, can only be exercised in a clear
case of innocence. We have, besides, the Court of
Appeal on technical points. There is, however, no
machinery provided for reviewing a doubtful case
fr. in the bezinning to the end.—Times.
•

In anticipation of a very abundant crop of wine this
year, the potters of Burgundy have commenced making
large vases in baked earth, in which to keep wine, as a
substitute for casks.