The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONuON, FEIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1867.

SHARE LlST.—This Day.
ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—This day.

(Before the Assistant-Judge.)
TRIAL OF GROPES FOR MISDEMEANOUR.

John Groves was charged with violently assault•
ing Samuel Buzer with intent to do grievous bodily
harm.

Mr. Cooper appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. Warner Sleigh defended the prisoner.
The learned counsel, in opening the case, said he
should not enter into the details of the case at any
length, but all he should do would be to detail the
facts of the case, and then call witnesses to prove
them. Having given a brief outline of the case he
concluded by calling the following witnesses :--
John King, a labourer, residing at 3, Crown-
court, Great Pulteney-street, said on the 29:11 of
September, between twelve and one in the morn-
ing, he was coming along Fndell-street, when he
saw the prisoner and six or seven other men stand-
ing at the corner. A large van came down the
street, and the driver of the van called upon the
prisoner and his companions to get out of the way.
A man sat outside the van, with his legs hanging
over. One of the prisoner's companions called out
that that man had kicked him in the face, and
whilst one of the companions of the prisoner
held the horse, others got into the van and one took
the whip from the driver and beat the three men in
the van with it. The prisoner was up in the van
and afterwards got down. He (witness) was stand-
ing near, and a tall man, with the prisoner, knocked
him down. He got up and was running away,
when the same tall man knocked him down, and
gave the prisoner a cane, which swung as if it
had lead at the end of it. The man Buzer said
it was a shame that they were Musing him, and
ran to pick him up, when the prisoner struck
Buzer on the head with the cane he had just had
given him. Buzer said he would lock the prisoner
up, when the tall man gave him another blow with
his fist, and then caught hold of another man and
began illusing him. A cry Of " Police" was raised,
and before the officers came' the tall man got away,
but Buzer gave the prisoner into custody.
The witness was severely cross-examined by Mr.
Warner Sleigh, but his evidence in chief was not
at all affected.

Samuel Buzer said on the morning in question he,
s ith his wife, saw the van stop at the corner of
Endell-street. Some altercation took place between
the prisoner and his mates, when the driver of the
van said if he had done anything wrong they had
better call a policeman. Some of the prisoner's
companions took the horse by the head, and one
took the whip and beat the driver of the van.
Prisoner was assisting, and whipped the man in
the van, and also the witness King. Prisoner
also knocked witness down, and struck him with
a loaded cane. He followed the prisoner down
Holborn, when the tall man struck him on the side
of the head. A policeman came up and he gave
prisoner into custody. The prisoner and his com-
panions were the instigators of the row. He did not
make a rush at the prisoner. King at that time
was a perfect stranger to him. No one interfered
with the prisonet ; he was not kicked or knocked
down at all. King was the only man that was
down. He suffered so much from the wound he
had received that he was compelled to go to the
hospital and get his wounds dressed. He did not
know who the driver of the van was. He (witness)
was perfectly sober.
Stephen Locke, P.C. 143 E, said that on the
night in question he was on duty in New Oxford-
street, and saw a large crowd opposite Dunn's-
passage, and heard cries of " Murder !" and
" Police !" He went to the spot, and there saw
Buzer with blood running down his face. King was
standing alongside of him. The prisoner was about
two or three yards from them. He asked Buzer
how he came by the wounds on his head,
when he pointed to the prisoner and said—
" That man has been beating me with a cane
loaded with lead." Ile then took the prisoner into
custody, who, as he was being taken to the station,
said, " Policeman this is a bad job for me to be
locked up. I hold a good situation in London, if I
am locked up I shall lose it." lie (witness) told
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Mrs. Caroline Buzer corroborated the evidence of
her husband.

Mr. Thomas Flowers; house surgeon to Middle-
sex Hospital, said—On the Sunday morning the man
Buzer was brought to the hospital. lle had a scalp
wound on the top of his head. It was a wound
such as a blunt instrument would inflict. It was
not a dangerous one, but it must have been caused
by considerable violence.
(We shall continue the report in our late edition.)

MARKETS—(This Day.)

MARK LANE.

The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market
to-day were only moderate ; nevertheless, the demand for
all kinds ruled heavy, and a few forced sales were effected
on rather lower terms.

The imports of foreign wheat have been large—viz.,
32,170 quarters. The show of samples was, therefore, on
the increase. All descriptions moved off heavily, and the
quotations had a drooping tendency.
In floating cargoes of grain very little was passing. For
the most part, however, holders were firm.
Barley—the supply of which was by no means exten
sive—moved off heavily at Monday's decline in value.

For malt the inquiry ruled inactive on former terms.
The supply was seasonably good.
We were heavily supplied with oats, which sold heavily
at 6d per quarter less money.
Beans and peas were held at full currencies.
The flour trade was heavy. Seedq and cakes ruled about
stationary.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

Last night the comic drama " The First Night"
was produced for the first time at this theatre.
The revival was particularly interesting, because it
introduced to us the talented lessee and manager,
Mr. Alfred Wigan, in one of his most famous cha-
racters, and also a fair debutante iu the person of
Miss P. Markham. As the poor old French
actor, anxious that his child should make her
appearance on the stage, Mr. Wig,:n cre-
ates a part that calls forth tlic entire
sympathy of his audience, and from first to last, by
his highly artistic performance, he holds entire con-
trol of their joy and sorrow. Nothing could exceed
the deep despair of the poor old man when all hope
of obtaining the dearest wish of his heart :C2IIIS to
have fled, or the wild delight that succeeds when
only a slight incident occurs that may eventually
lead to the fulfilment of his cherished desire. When,
however, the poor old man sees his daughter
dressed for the part his joy is excessive. The entire
audience join iu the pleasure the old man expe-
riences when it is announced his darling's debut has
been highly successful, and that from henceforth
all fear of poverty has gone for ever. The daughter
of the old actor was sustained by Miss Markham, a
lady who appeared for the first time on the London
stage. Nature has been bountiful to her. she has
a pretty face and graceful figure, and a voice that had
she chosen to have made her first appearance as a
vocalist would have secured success. The travestie
duo from the " Huguenots," sung by Mr. - ‘Vigan .
and Miss Markham, called forth the most rapturous
applause, and not the least person who showed
most unmistakably the pleasure such a circum-
stance created was the lessee himself, who led the
young lady to the front and then retired, leaving
her to acknowledge the whole of the applause.
The piece produced the greatest pleasure to every
person present, and we have to congratulate the
young lady on her very great success ; and also Mr.
Wigan in having secured the services of such a
promising young artist for the Queen's Theatre. •

THE LAMBETH YES' RY AND MR.

DOULTON, HP.

At the usual meeting of the Lambeth vestry yes-
day evening, in the course of the proceedings,

Mr. GILES asked a question of the chairman
(Mr. Robert Taylor, one of the representatives of
this parish at the Metropolitan Board of Works),
namely, if he could state whether the Board of
Works had sustained any loss by Mr. Furness, the
contractor, for the first section of the Thames
Embankment. Ile (Mr. Giles) had given notice
to Mr. Moulton, another of the represenatives of the
vestry at the Board of Works, that he should ask
him a question that evening, but he had received an
intimation that Mr. Doulton was at Brussels and
ill, so that he could not be present then ; and he
wished to ask permission that the matter should
stand over until the next meeting of the vestry.
The CHAIRMAN said that, in common fairness, he
was bound to state that up to the present time the
Board of Works had not lost a shilling by Mr. Fur-
ness in reference to his contract for the embank-
ment.

Mr. HILL said that might be technically true, but
still a loss might fall on the ratepayers. He bad
applied to the Metropolitan Board of Works for
copies of the depositions taken before the Registrar
in Bankruptcy in the matter of Mr. Furness, and
he wished to know whether the vestry would be
supplied with copies.
The CHAIRMAN said that the Board of Works had
a copy of the depositions, which consisted of 100
folios, and in which Mr. Doulton's name was men-
tioned ; but the only way for the vestry to obtain
copies was by application to Messrs. Linklater and
Hackwood, the solicitors, who would probably fur
nish them if reimbursed of their cost. It was due
to Mr. Doulton to say that a letter from him ap-
peared in the minutes of the Board of Works,
which had just been issued, and which was ad-
dressed to the Chairman.

Mr. HILL said that he had the letter before him,
and he read it as follows :
" Reform Club, Oct. 31.

" Dear Mr. Chairman—lt had been my full in-
tention to have attended the board to-morow in
order to give my contradiction to the statement
that I have received money in respect of the sure-
tyship of ono of Furness's contracts, or derived
pecuniary benefit from it; but the very great inte-
rests I have at stake in Brussels, where we have
2,000 men at work, compel me to leave town to-
night, thus rendering it impossible for me to bo
with you. I shall, however, take the earliest op-
portunity, either next week or the following, of
meeting my colleagues both at the board and vestry,
and affording full explanations.—Yours,

" FRED. DOULTON."

The CHAIRMAN said that there would be no meet-
ing of the vestry until that day fortnight, and as
the subject would, no doubt, be raised at the Board
of Works to-morrow (this day), perhaps it would
become unnecessary for the vestry to consider it.

It was then understood that the matter was post-
poned until the next meeting of the vestry.

LORD DERBY AND THE ORANGEMEN.

The following is the reply of the Earl of Derby to
the memorial presented to his lordship by the Im-
perial Grand Council of Loyal Orangemen of the
Empire, which met in London on the 17th of July
last. The reply is addressed to Lord Enniskillen,
G.M.

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wKansowtrsaine " Lord,—There" ,mleB6s7c.ne
time ago, by your lordship's desire, a copy of a
memorial, which I had unfortunately mislaid
in London, from a body styling itself " The
Imperial Grand Council of the Loyal Orange-
Order." The long and severe illness from which I
have since been suffering, and from I which am only
now slowing recovering, will, I hope,
be accepted as
an apology for my not having sent an earlier answer.
The memorialists apply for a repeal of the
Party
Processions Act ; and in support of tl • its application
they appeal to the " ready loyalty which has l a ways
distinguished" the Orangemen as a body; and to the
experience of Canada, where it has been found pos-
sible to repeal a similar enactment; and, finally, they
complain that, practically, a one-sided operation
has been given to the act, whereby its provisions
have been brought to bear upon the Orange pro-
cessions alone. Ido not for a moment dispute the
loyalty of the Orange Association ; and I am con-
vinced that, in case of emergency, they would rally
as one man around the 'I prone and the institutions
of the country ; but . the most fervent loyalty
to the Crown, and the:most devoted attachment
to their religion, are not inconsistent with an
abstinence from all demonstrations as may, justly
or unjustly, woundthe susceptibilities ofithose who
differ from them in politics or religious creed. I
may go further, and say that genuine loyalty in-
cludes a conscientious obedience to the laws of
the country, whatever they may be. I readily
admit that the Party Processions Act is one of
an exceptional character; but, unhappily, religious
and political animosity in Ireland is so virulent
and so excitable, each party is so ready to seek for
occasions of giving and taking offence, that au ex-
ceptional amount of supervision is required on the
part of the Government for the prevention of demon-
strations which threaten the disturbance of
the public peace, and too often lead to bloodshed.
Nor do I see what justification can be found
for the repeal. of the act, so long as the
influence, however sincerely exercised, of the leaders
of parties is insufficient to prevent their followers
from engaging, in defiance of the law, in those
very acts which it is its object to prevent, and
to which its repeal would give fresh encourage-
ment. On the other hand, as long as the law re-
mains on the statute book, it is the earnest wish and
determination of her Majesty's Government that it
shall be equally and fairly applied ; and I think that
the course hitherto pursued by the Irish Execu-
tive may give satisfactory assurance that, under
the present Lord-Lieutenant, it will be firmly, tem-
perately, and, above all, impartially administered.—
I have the honour to be, your lordship's obedient
servant, " DERBY..
" To the Earl of Enniskillen."