The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1866.

POL ICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day,

BOW-STREET.

CHARGE OF BIGAMY AGAINST A LICENSED VICTUALLER.
—Henry John Clark, landlord of the Grapes Tavern, St.
Mary-axe, was br.ought up in custody of Sergeant Wil-
liams, of the City police force, upon the charge of having
intermarried with Isabella Browr, his first wife, Justina
Mary Georgiana Clark, being still living.
Mr. W. IL Smith, of Gresham-house prosecuted. •
Isabella Brown, being called, refused to take the oath.
Mr. Vaughan—On what ground do you decline to take
the oath ?

Mrs. Brown—l could not b© sworn ;I do not believe
in it.

Mr. Vaughan—But you must be bound in some way?
Mrs. Brown—l will speak the truth as far as my con
science goes.

Mr. Vaughan—Are you of any religion ?
Mrs. Brown—Yes, I am of a religion.
Mr. Vaughan —Then you say you have a conscientious
objection to take an oath ?

Mrs. Brown—Yes.
Mr. Vaughan—From what does that objection arise?
Mrs. Brown- I do not believe the oath is valid or bind•
ing.

Mr. Vaughan—Do you believe that if you are examined
without an oath you are bound to speak the truth.
Mrs: Brown—Yes, and more than if I was sworn.
Mr. Vaughan then ordered the administration of the
declaration as of a person holding conscientious objections
to the taking of an oath.
She deposed—l live at 55, St. Mary-axe. I was married
to the prisoner by banns on the 10th August, 1863, at the
parish church of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields. 1 had known
the prisoner about three years before we were married. Ile
was my manager. We lived together for some time, and
I objected, and said I would not live with him any more
unless we were married. I had heard that ho was married,
but I did not know it. I was aware that he allowed some
thing a week to the woman that now turns out to be his
wife, but I never knew it positively till yesterday. I have
had three children by him, one before we were married.
The Prisoner—You knew very well that I was married.
You had been to my place and seen my wife, and when
she found out the terms we were on it made unpleasant-
ness at home. Then I left her to go and live with you.
The witness denied all these statements.

Augusta Wilhehnina Alexandrina Brown—l am a widow.
I was present on tho 10th Sept., 1844, at the marriage of
the prisoner to my sister, Justina Mary Georgiana Clark,
at the pariah church of the Holy Trinity, Minories. I was
the attesting witness. My sister is alive, and is now in
court.

The certificates of both marriages were put in.

Sergeant Williams, City police, No. 11—The prisoner
was given into my custody at half-past three yesterday
afternoon by the prosecutrix at the Grapes public-house.
He said he was glad to come to an end of it ; it would wind
up the affair, and she would be sorry for it.
Mr. Smith—That is tho case, sir. I submit it is suffi-
cent for a committal.

The prisoner, in defence, said he first knew the prose-
cutrix from meeting her about the time of the Crimean war,
when he took her out several times, ar.d an intimacy'com-
menced. After the child was born she insisted upon his
marrying her, and said if he wrote himself down a widower
it would be all right. She knew he was married and had
a family, but promised to say nothing about it.

Mr. Vaughan said these were statements for the jury,
The prisoner must be committed for trial.
The Prisoner—l hope, sir, I shall be admitted to bail ?
Mr. Vaughan—Certainly. What are you ?
Prisoner —I am a publican. I had an interest in that
house when we lived together.
Mr. Vaughan—You must find two sureties of £25 each,
and give your own recognisances for £5O.
Mr. Smith—With notice of bail.

Mr. Vaughan—Do you think that necessary ?

Mr. Smith—He has said he would go away. Well, no,
sir, I don't know that we can.

The prisoner was then removed.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

UNWHOLESOME FlSH.—William Fiunes, a costermonger,

living at No. 17, Princes-row, Newport-market, appeared
before Mr. Tyrwhitt to answer a complaint of exposing for
sale a quantity of fish unfit for food.

Mr. Shirley Foster Murphy, of No. 120, Gower-street,
assistant to the medical officer of health of St. Giles's, said
that on being informed the defendant was selling bad fish
in Dudley-street he went there, and found the defendant
had some fish which was rotten, and enough to make a man
sick.

Mr. George Buchanan, medical officer of health of St.
Giles's, said his attention was called by the last witness to
the defendant's fish, and he found it totally unflt for food,
as it was putrid and stinking.

The defendant said that the fish was in the same state
when he purchased it for 15s. .
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the defendant how ho came to pur-
chase such fish. He should have thought such a man as
tho defendant would not have parted with 15s. without
seeing what ho was purchasing.
The defendant said that at Billingsgate the fish in bas-
kets was put up to auction on men's shoulders, and buyers
:wore not allowed to examine it, ana the most they could do
was to thrust a hand into the basket to judge of the quan-
tity, and then it was often half ice. If, after buying the
fish, the buyer found the fish to be bad and went back, he
found a board up with, "Fish sold with all faults," and the
money paid for it was not returned. Ho had only sold 4d.
worth of the fish, and as soon as ho found that it was bad
was anxious to have it destroyed, and it was destroyed.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said he considered it highly dangerous
that such fish should be sold, especially at the present time
when the cholera was prevailihg. He should fine the de-
fendant, but in consideration of his having lost the price he
paid for the fish he should only impose a fine of ss. and
costs.

'his Day.

Naval and

the 3leg se ra.

telligence.

Sir. John Pakington and the other Lords of the
Admiralty were expected to arrive at Plymouth by
the South Devon Railway yesterday, at 4 40 p.m.
Their lordships will go on board their yacht in
Hamoaze, and make her their headquarters during
their official inspection at Devonport. The First
Lord's levee takes place at the dockyard on Mon-
day morning, at half-past 10. It is reported that
the board will not leave the locality before Wed-
nesday, as some time must necessarily be expended
in determining the course to be pursued in the dis-
posal of the acquired land to the north of and ad-
joi-ing Keyham Steam-yard. So rapid have been
the changes in the constructioa of ships, with refer-
ence to their speed, their means of resistance, and
the character of the ordnance employed, that the
proper mode of laying out dockyards in the new
ground has been au annual difficulty for some years
past. Happily no unnecessary expense has been as
yet incurred, so that their lordships, aided by their
engineers, will be free to adopt that scheme which
shall appear best to meet present and future re-
quirements. .
The Controller of the Navy, Rear-Admiral R. S.
Robinson, and the Director of Engineering and
Architectural Works, Major Andrew Clarke, R. E.,
arrived at Devonport on Wednesday, and made an
inspection preliminary to that of the Board of Ad-
triralq. Admiral Robinson visited the armour-
plated screw steamship Ocean, 23, in Hamoaze,
which will proceed to-day into Plymouth Sound,
where she will receive some live shell expected from
Woolwich in the steamer Earl de Grey and Ripon.
The Admiral also went on board the armour-plated
ship Lord Warden, 20 ; the armour-plated :ron-
turret ship Wy vern, 4, Capt. Burgoyne ; and the
iron-turret ship Prince Albert, 4, Capt. Wilms-
hurst, which is having some alterations made to her
stern bulwarks. The Controller was accompanied
by Acfm:ral Superintendent Drummond, of the
dockyard.
The screw unarmoured frigate 'Endymion, 2l,
2,486 tons, 500-horse power, Mr. E. C. Smyth
master in charge, fitting for the first division of the
steam reserve in the Medway, in readiness for com-
mission, remains in the steam basin awaiting the
final instructions from the Admiralty respecting
her. She has received her armament from the Ord-
nance stores, Chatham, including four of the new
pattern 300-pounderguns, which latter are mounted,
two on her port and starboard quarters. She is
complete in board and aloft, and in all respects
ready for the pennant.
The sloop-corvette Reindeer, 7, 200-horse power
(nominal), Mr. C. Wotton, master in charge, fitting
for commission at Chatham, will be put out of dock
to-day, and completed in harbour. The few trifling
defects discovered on the testing of her engines
having been remedied, steam will be got up on board
for the first time to-morrow, and the official trial of
speed be made next week.
The screw steamer Rodney, 78, 2,770 tons, 500-
horse power, in No. 3 Dock at Sheerness Dockyard,
is undergoing repairs at the hands of the shipwright
staff, in order to bring her forward for commission.
The estimate of the repairs required to this fine ship
—one of the old class of screw two•deckers, the
building of which is now discontinued—was about
£17,000, but, from the nature of the alterations and
repairs required to adapt her for the service for which
she is intended, it is probable that even this sum
may be exceeded. Her copper has been stripped off
to enable an examination to be made of the planking
below her water-line. The decks have not yet been
ripped up, but her upper deck planking will require
to be renewed. The Rodney will be in the ship-
wrights' hands for some months before she is com-
pleted for commission.
The paddle-wheel steam-sloop Virago, 6, 220-
horse power, having undergone some heavy repairs
to fit her for service with the first division of the
Chatham steam reserve, in readiness for commis-
sion, commenced the shipment of her coals in the
steam basin yesterday, preparatory to making a
preliminary trial of her engines. The direct. acting
engines formerly constructed for the Virago by
Messrs. Bolton and Watt have been removed since
the steamer has been under repair at Sheerness yard,
and iu their plaeo has been fitted tho maohinery-
lately• belonging to the Ithadamanthus. During
the time the Virago has been in the shipwrights'
hands—a period of several months—she has under-
gone some very extensive repairs, and bas been
almost rebuilt. She is intended for immediate
commission, for service, it is understood, on the
West Coast of Africa.
The screw corvette Charybdis, 17, 1,506 tons,
400-horse power, in dock at Sheerness, is being fitted
with a topgallant forecastle, and is otherwise under-
going extensive repairs. She is to be furnished with
new boilers, and opportunity is being taken to
overhaul and repair her engines and machinery.
Her Majesty's paddle sloop Devastation, paid out
of commission at Woolwich in the early part of the
present month, had been ordered by the Lords'
Commissioners of the Admiralty to undergo a gene-
ral overhaul and survey, in order to ascertain her
availability for further ,service. From the defects
which have been discovered in the commencement
of the survey, and from her length of service, it is
stated that in all probability she will be condemned
to be broken up.

The iron store ship Megsera, Capt. Montague B.
Dunn, has been undocked at Woolwich, after re-
pairs, and is now in ordinary to be painted, and
again prepared for particular service.
The Supply, store vessel, Staff Commander Baw-
den, from Malta and Gibraltar, has discharged her
cargo of returned War Department and dockyard
stores at Woolwich, and will have to be docked to
make good some defects.
The Niobe, steam sloop, 1,081 tons and 300-horse
power, built at Deptford, has been hauled out of the
fitting basin at Woolwich, and placed in dock for
examination and completion preparatory to her
being commissioned for service.

The Zebra, 17-gun sloop, after a thorough course
of overhaul and repair, was yesterday placed under
the north sheers in basin at Woolwich, to be masted
and rigged down, and will be speedily completed
for the pennant.
Commander John M. Jackson, R.N., command-
ing the flagship Fisgard. at Woolwich, has been
granted a month's leave of absence, the flag duties,

it is stated, to be carried out in the interim by
Lieut. Adolphus F. M. Meyer, first lieutenant of

41, By the , death of Gen. Sir C. Menzies, K.C.8.,
K.H., Colonel of the Royal Marine Artillery, Col. J.
H. Gascoigne, C. 8., becomes Major-General, and a
general promotion takes place throughout the corps.
The 1 amar, screw iron troopship, Capt. Sullivan,
C. 8., embarked yesterday at Portsmouth the Ist

Battalion of the 17th Regiment, which had arrived
by special train via Farnborough from Aldershot,
and sailed in the afternoon for Devonport. The
17th will disembark from the Tamar at that port,
and the 13th Regiment will afterwards embark and
proceed in the ship to Queenstown, where they will
give place on board to the 53d Regiment, which the
Tamar will then convey direct to Quebec.
The Orontes, screw iron troopship, Capt. H. W.
Hire, is filling up with coal at Portsmouth, 'and
remedying a few defects preparatory for sea. Her

present orders send her from Portsmouth on Mon-

day next to Queenstown, to embark there the 61st
Regiment for conveyance to Quebec.
The four regiments of infantry in garrison at
Portsmouth that have recently returned to England
from service in India and New Zealand, the 40th,

43d, 54th, and 68th, were brigaded on Southsea-
common yesterday morning for inspection by the

general officer in command of the district and gar-
rison, Lieut.-Gen. Sir G. Buller, K.C.B. Sir George,
accompanied by his personal staff, arrived on the

ground at 11 a.m., and was received with the cus-
tom ary salute. The troops afterwards marched past
at quick time in grand divisions, and were subse-
quently put through a variety of movements, at the
close of which they were dismissed to their quarters.
An order has been received at Chatham garrison
directing a detachment of 30 non-commissioned
officers and one officer of the 2d battalion of the 17th
Regiment and 10 men of the 30th Regiment to be
held in readiness to embark for Canada, to join

the service companies of those corps.
First Lieut..J. PhTps and the detachment of 30
non-commissioned officers and men of the Chatham

division of Royal Marine Light Infantry doing duty
at New Tavern Fort, Gravesend, aro ordered to re-
join head-quarters, and will be relieved by a similar
detachment from Chatham garrison.