The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-22 00:00:00

Mr. Sleigh—Did you ever coi umence an action
against the Brighton Railway Corn Zany.
Witness—l shan't answer the quebi tion, it's nothing
to do with the case. I neves commi '.need an action
against the company. I took out a w; 'it against the
company, and paid two guineas for I lost two
bexes, and I claimed for both, but I riever got the
money for either, as I had not money to go on
with the matter. Nobody of the name of Car-
penter ever came to me abou..t these boxes. Car-
penter might be a policeman, b:it I don't know it.
It was a twelvemonth last July that I lost one of
the boxes.

i\lr. Slvigh—Dia your busban.t give you permis
sion to tell about th murder ?

Witness—Well, yes.

Mr. Sleigh—Did you say that yol tr husband told
you to tell about the dark wan anci. keep back ali
about the fair one.

Witness—l don't recollect, but I told what was
true ; that's all I know.
The Coroner—You have said something about
property ?—Have you used any of that when your
husband was out of work.

Witness—lts not property, it's standing money,
and I can't get it until Dec. 4.
By a Juror—My husband knew of my money
before my marriage, but the interest was stopped
because I married before I was 21.

The witness having answered some other ques-
tions relative to her former evidence, then with-
drew, and

Inspector Thompson was called and repeated his
evidence relative to the taking of Groves into
custody. It was in consequence of the names
Groves gave respecting bail that ho required that
led to his being searched, and the dagger being dis-
covered.

(The case was proceeding when we went to'press.)

Naval and Military Intelligence.

VALETTA, Oct 16.—1 have received my usual cor-
respondence from the squadron to Oct. 9th. The
Prince Consort and Royal Oak left Spezia early on
the morning of the 3d for Marseilles and Gibraltar
en route to Lisbon. We learn by telegraph that they
arrived at Marseilles on the 7th, had obtained pra-
tique, and were coaling. They had been obliged to
remain two days at Hyeres, in consequence of bad
weather. They were to continue their voyage as soon
as they had completed coaling. The Psyche arrived
at Spezia from Ville Franche on the 6th with mails
and despatches, and bringing as passengers Lady C.
Paget and two daughters, Mr. C. N. Kempe, private
secretary to Lord H. Lennox, Secretary to the Ad-
miralty, and Lieut. Britten, to join the Caledonia.
The Commander-in-Chief returned to Spezia from
Florence on the same day. Lord C. Paget had a pri-
vate audience with the King of Italy on the morning
of the 3dinst., and received his Majesty's invitation
to dine at the Pitti Palace on the sth. The King
on both occasions expressed himself much gratified
with the presence of the squadron in Italian waters.
In consequence of the refusal of the authorities to ad-
mit the Lancefield, freight steamer, to pratique until
the 14th inst., the Arethusa was not to leave Spezia
for Malta until that date. The Cruiser, 5, screw
steam sloop, Commander Morgan Singer, has had a
narrow escape of being wrecked. She left Spezia for
Malta, en route to the coast of Syria, on the morn-
ing of the 7th, but on the following night the Ad-
miral received a telegraphic communication that she
was in distress in the neighbourhood of Massa. The
Arethusa and Eudymion were immediately
despatched under steam to her assistance, and she
was towed into the anchorage of Spezia by the Are-
thusa. It appears that the Cruiser encountered a
very heavy gale from the south-west, and was driven
on to a lee shore near Avenza, where ahe anchored.
Her cable parted during the night, but the second
anchor, which she let go close to the beach, fortu-
nately held her. The seas broke clean over her, put-
ting her fires out, and she was for some hours in
great peril, but she did not touch the ground. She
lost several sails, as well as an anchor and cable.
She would, however, be able to prcceed to Malta
without being docked. The Admiral intended to
leave Spezia about the 16th inst., with the Endymion
and Psyche, for Cagliari, but Sardinia having since
been placed in quarantine at Malta, no doubt this
part of his plan will be changed. The squadron
will probably arrive at Malta towards the end of the
month, provided the state of health of the island will
permit. The Tyrian was to leave Spezia on the night
of the 9th inst. for Ville Franche with the mails. She
was to proceed to Malta soon after her return to
Spezia on the 13th, en route to Candia, to relieve
the Wizard. Commander the Hon. Victor Montagu
has been permitted to proceed to England and Lieut.
Joshua Cole, of the Arethusa, has been appointed to
the temporary command of the Tyrian. Mr. Ed.
A. W. West, midshipman, of the Arethusa, has
been invalided. The Racer, when relieved by the
Arethusa, will convey Mr. George Dennis, her Ma-
jesty's Vice-Consul at Benghazi, to Marsasousa,
to inspect some cipolin columns lying on the
shore at that place, and, after taking the Vice-
Consul to Benghazi, will return to Malta. We learn
by telegraph that the squadron were still at Spezia
on the 15th inst. Her Majesty's steam surveying
vessel Hydra, Capt. Shortland, arrived at Gibraltar
from Malta on the 23d of September, and, after re-
ceiving instructions from England, left on the 3d of
October for St. Vincent, Cape of Good Hope, and
Bombay. During the whole of the time she was at
Gibraltar she was detained in quarantine. This ves-
sel, as before stated, is to take preparatory sound-
ings for laying a submarine telegraph cable between
the neighbourhood of Aden and Bombay.
The members of the Dockyard Craft Committee
assembled at Chatham Dockyard yesterday morn-
ing, under the presidency of Vice-Admiral Sir
Thomas M. C. Symonds, K.C.8., and commenced
their investigation at that establishment, in which
they are expected to be occupied for several days.
The War Department steam storeship Earl de
Grey and Ripon, Commander Moore, from Devon-
port yesterday, commenced discharging a heavy
cargo of returned stores at the Gunwharf in Wool-
wich Arsenal, consisting of 12,000 stand of arms
for conversion, 28 guns of various calibres, shot,
shell, platforms, slides, &c. Before coming along-
side at Woolwich she landed 50 tons of metal-lined
powder cases at PurUeet. The Earl de Grey and
Ripon, notwithstanding some heavy weather, made
the passage in 30 hours from port to port. 10,000
7-inch and 9-inch shells, and a large number of
common shot, all on the Palliser chilled system, have
been packed in canvas bags during the week at
Woolwich, and aro ready for transport for Madras,
stated to be for the Abyssinian campaign.
Her Majesty's Indian troopship Malabar left
Bombay the 18th inst. for Suez, with troops, which
may be expected at Portsmouth in the Serapis on
or about the 20th of November.

Yesterday Major-Gen. Freeman Murray, com-
manding the troops at Chatham, paid an official
visit of inspection to the Royal Engineer establish-
lishuaent, Brompton barracks, over which he was
conducted by Col. J. A. Simmons, C. 8., Director
of the Royal Engineers, and other heads of depart-
ments. During his visit Gen. Murray inspected the
halls of study, schools, model rooms, lecture theatres,
and the several departments of the scientific portion
of the establishment, spending some time in the
inspection of each. The inspection terminated in
the afternoon.

The officers and men belonging to the mounted
and dismounted portions of the Royal Engineers
who have been selected for service in Abyssinia are
undergoing a course of instruction at headquarters,
Chatham, in the new system of day and night mili-
tary signalling, according to the code adopted by
Capt. Bolton. The parties under instruction have
been inspected by Col. Simmons, C. 8., and are ex-
pected shortly to leave headquarters to join the ex-
peditionary force in Abyssinia.

MARKETS—(This Day.)

HAY.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 55s to 818; clover, CO3 to
105 s ; and straw, 3Gs to 42s per load. Trade dull.
CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 55s to 90s ; clover, 60s to
105 s; and straw, 36a to 42s per load. A limited demand.
WRITECHAPEL.—IIeadow hay, 558 to 84s; clover, 60
to 1108; and straw, 36s to 42s per load. Trade slow.