The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-26 00:00:00

A FEMALE ROBINSON CRUSOE.

The Chicago correspondent of the New York
Times supplies that journal with the following
story :—ln 1856 a Miss Richardson, of Cleveland,
took passage in the vessel of a relation for Green
Bay, where she was to be married. During the
passage the officers and men became intoxicated,
and during a gale the vessel washed on an island
in Lake Superior, near the British coast, and
north-west from Isle Royal. The captain and crew
leaped overboard as the vessel struck, and Miss
Richardson and her cousin (the mate) were about
to follow, when a spar from the broken and shat-
tered mast fell to the deck, striking the mate upon
the head, and instantly killing him. Miss
Richardson's courage forsook her at this awful
sight, and she flank insensible upon the deck.
When she came to her senses the storm was
dying away, and the vessel was fast among
the rocks, about a mile from land. By her lay
the mutilated body of her cousin, at tho sight of
which she nearly fainted. Summoning up resolu-
tion, she got up some trunks from the cabin,
lashed them to a spar, tied a life-preserver ,round
her and floated ashore, amid a heap of barrels,
boxes, &c. Nothing could she see of the crew who
had left the ship. When night approached she
became very dismal, and knelt down and prayed.
Presently she saw a dark bale floating ashore, and
wading into the water she dragged it to land. It
contained buffalo robes, some which were dry,
and kept her warm during a deep slumber which
fell upon her that night. Next morning she
set to work to save everything sho scould from
the sea, and was fortunate to find 'a case of sar-
dines, from which she made a hearty meal. On
the second day she continued collecting the
cargo, and found sufficient provision to last
her for four years. On the third day the waves
threw up the dead and bruised bodies of the crew.
In the pocket of one of them (a cousin) she found a
box of matches. She dug shallow graves, and
interred the dead. She does not say how she pro-
cured water. She had learned to catch fish, and
cook her provisions without a stove. She built a
hut, and though she suffered considerably during
the winter got inured to its severity. Occasionally
she saw vessels, but could not attract their atten-
tion. On the 25th of February, 1859, after she had
been three years alone, some Indians from the Bri-
tish shore visited the island, with whom she re-
turned to the British territory, and was forwarded
to Fort William.

Such is a condensation of the rather fabulous
account in the New York Times, taken from a diary
said to have been kept by Miss Richardson.

SCENE IN A THEATRE.—An extraordinary
cir-
cumstance occurred in the course of the performance at the
Theatre de 1' Opera Comique the night before last. Just as
an act was about to finish, a young woman in what is called
the second gallery climbed over the front, and remained
hanging by her hands. The people just below hurried away
from fear that she would fall on them, and everybody in the
house felt great emotion. Someehd persons attempted to drag
her back, but were unable,and thatt was evident that her
harming
gh
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gtlength a powerful man seized
her byth
ethe a rm she could not remain
that she is_insane._Gahlei:nbaancik.. She was taken be-
forecommissaryaarld draggedof police of the district, and he ascer-
tainedENOßMOUS FRESH-WATER EEL.—On Saturday,
the 14th inst two aentice lads while passing the small
canal which supplies
eel in the bed of from HempriPulteney-town distillery with water
sthLeoealich,
canal, to
wehisse-hshtihree,ydigscovveecrehdasea
,laarngde
succeeded in capturing it. It measured .6
feeta 4 inches in
length and 18 inches in circumference. It was of a dark
colour, and was furnished with very strong teeth, so much
so that upon an old boot being put into its mouth it fastened
its teeth so firmly in the leather that its whole weight was
suspended by the boot for a considerable time. Unfortu-
nately it was not weighed, but from a moderate calculation
it could not be much short of 501 b. weight, being fully one-
half larger than any fresh-water eel which was ever heard
of in this country.—Glasgow Mail.
DARING ROBBERY FROM AN AMERICAN OEN-
TLEMAR AT LIVERPOOL.—Yesterday (Wednesday) a tall,
muscular woman, named Mary Ann Leichin, was brought
up at the Liverpool police court, charged with having com-
mitted a most daring robbery the previous night from the
person of an American gentleman. The facts of the robbery
are somewhat strange. t appears that Mr. J. E. Norwood,
the victim of the robbery, who is at present staying at
the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, while standing at the bar
of the hotel on Tuesday night pulled out his purse and
asked the.barmaid for change fora .£5 note. On receiving
the change, five sovereigns, he put them in his purse, which
he replaced in his pocket and buttoned his coat. He tie t
turned towards the door, and walked up Mount-pleasant,lbut
before ho had had got half way he was accosted by a woman,
who, after speaking a few words to him, was joined by two
men, who pushed her with much force against him, when
she put her hand into his pocket and ran off with his purse.
He followed in pursuit, and a as joined by a policeman, when
the prisoner was discovered in a brothel in Hotham-street.
She had, however, gone through a complete transformation,
for she wore a false wig, had a patch on her cheek, a coloured
skirt, and appeared lame. The police officer, however, soon
divested the woman of her assumed habiliments, and she was
then recognised as the thief by the prosecutor. Mr. Mill
field committed the prisoner for trial, and the police are on
the track of her male accessoites.
Wheat is being despatched as rapidly as possible
from Odessa to France, owing to the fact that all quantities
shipped to that country after the Ist of June next will be
liable to the old sliding scale of duties.

THE NAVY:

The Falcon, 17, screw steam corvette, steamed
out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to Spithead,
and exchanged the customary salutes with the
Victory, flagship of Admiral W. Bowles, C.B.
The Volcano, 3, paddle steamer, Master-Corn.
Rockier, was paid off at Portsmouth yesterday.
Vhe Vulcan, screw steam troopship, in No. 7 dock
at Portsmouth, is nearly complete in her repairs
and outfit. She has sent up her lower and topsail
yards.

- The screw steam frigate Curacoa, 31, Capt. T. H.
Mason, left Plymouth under canvas on Tuesday, to
relieve the homeward bound.
A draught of pensioners was transferred on Tues.
Idoalyile ffroorsncieatwil:beoufiradgsi,ihtvip. Impregnable, 104, Capt. W.
H. Stewart, at Plymouth, to the Royal Adelaide,
steamship. Hannibal, 91, Capt. G. T.
Gordon, from Portsmouth, was reported off Ply-
mouth at noon on Tuesday, going 'down Channel.
The screw steam frigate Topaze, 61, got up steam
in Hamoaze on Tuesday to prove her machinery
preparatory to going out on trial.
The paddle slirveying steamer Bann, Capt. Wil-
liams, was taken into No. 2 dock at the Devonport
dockyard on Tuesday.
The screw steamship Royal George, 102, Master
H. G. Raynes, was taken into the dock at Devon-
port dockyard cn Tuesday to be overhauled.
Her Majesty's steamer Weser, Commander A. H.
J. Johnstone, yesterday arrivE;cl at Woolwich, under
orders to be paid off. The iron paddlewheel steam
vessel Bloodhound and the ?Messenger were yester-
day undocked at Woolwich, and the paddlewheel
steam sloop Alecto was hauled out of the inner
basin in readiness for being docked.
The following appointments were made at the
Admiralty yesterday :--
Captain—Charles Frederick Schonberg, to the Aboukir
(commissioned).

Masters—Sir George Giles, to the Edgar; IV. N. Crane
to the Blenheim. .
Paymaster—Charles IV. 11arris (additional), to the St.
Vincent.

Su Bean—Dr. John Nihil (additional), to the Fiaitird.

THE A.RM 17

His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-
Chief visited the Maidstone garrison yesterday for
the purpose of inspecting and dismissing a portion
of the cavalry establishment. The Duke, accompa-
nied by his aide-de-camp, was received at the bar-
racks by the Commandant (Col. Balders, C. 8.) and
by Col. Henry and Col. Booth, of the Royal Horse
Artillery. The troops were drawn up on the parade,
and his Royal Highness reviewed a succession of
"rides" in the following order :—Non•cominissioned
officers qualifying for commmissions as riding-
masters, Heavy Dragoon ride, Light Dragoon ride,
followed by a ride of remount horses. The General
Commanding-in. Chief afterwards inspected a foot
parade in lance and sword squads, the review being
concluded by a number of recruit rides by the 6th
Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), 6th Dragoons (In-
niskillings), 12th Lancers, and 14th Light Dra-
goons. His Royal Highness, after complimenting
the Commandant upon the excellent appearance of
the men and horses, and upon the highly efficient
state of the establishment, returned to town by the
2.25 train.
Orders were yesterday received at Chatham gar-
rison, directing the following number of officers and
troops to embark at Gravesend for Calcutta between
the 15th and 23d of June, for the purpose of rein-
forcing the regiments serving in India, viz., 1 cap-
tain and 25 men of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Cara-
bineers), 2 subalterns and 102 non-commissioned
officers and men of the Ist battalion 3d Buffs, 4
subalterns and 51 men of the Ist battalion 13th
(Prince Albert's) Light Infantry, 5 subalterns and
62 non-commissioned officers and men of the Bth
Regiment; 1 captain, 2 subalterns, and 102 non-
commissioned officers and men of the 93d High-
landers ; 50 men of the 97th (Earl of Ulster's) Regi-
ment ; 1 field officer, 2 captains, and 100 men of the
2d battalion Rifle Brigade ; 1 captain, 3 subalterns,
and 102 non-commissioned officers and men of the
3d battalion Rifle Brigade. With the above rein-
forcements are to embark 21 women and children,
the authorities having decided en sending out a
proportionate number of soldiers' wives and children
in each ship proceeding to India.
The depot of the 32d (Cornwall) Light Infantry
will leave Chatham garrison this morning, and
proceed by special train for Dover, where they are
to be stationed to await the arrival of the head-
quarters of the gallant 32d from India, who are
shortly expected to return to England. Owing to
no reinforcements having been sent out to the 32d
in India for some time past, the depot is unusually
strong, the depot companies actually numbering
more than the service companies, which have been
considerably reduced, the frequent conflicts with
the mutineers at Cawnpore, Lucknow. and the
other mutinous districts having reduced the regi-
ment to a mere skeleton of its former strength.
The depot at Chatham musters 13 officers and about
600 men of all ranks. The 32d Regiment has been
absent in India 13 years, having left England in
May, 1846. For its gallant behaviour at Lucknow
and Cawnpore, where its' ranks were terribly
thinned, it was honoured by her Majesty with the
designation of a light infantry regiment. The 32d
depot will be relieved at Chatham by the depot
companies of the 77th Regiment, which will arrive
at that garrison from Portsmouth this day, and oc-
cupy the quarters vacated by the 32d. The head
quarters of the 77ih. embarked for India in 1857.
The depot numbers 7 officers and about 650 men of
all ranks.

The Urgent, screw steam transport, Commander
Hire, will embark this morning at Portsmouth, for
Gibraltar, one field officer, 11 other officers, 305
non-commissioned officers and men, three ladies,
four children, three female servants, 11 soldiers'
wives, and 12 children of the 100th (Prince of
Wales Royal Canadian) Regiment; also, three
officers, 77 non-commissioned officers and men, 9
soldiers' wives, and 13 children, of the Royal Artil-
lery. As soon as the above are embarked the Urgent
will proceed direct to Queenstown, where she will
take on board, also for Gibraltar, 1 officer and 30
non-commissioned officers and men of the 2d batta-
lion 6th Foot, and 1 officer, 100 non-commissioned
officers and men, 6 soldiers' wives, and 9 children,
of the 2d battalion Bth Foot.

The subject of providing the most effectual
method of cooking the soldiers' rations, so as to com-
bine the greatest amount of nourishment and whole-
someness of food which can possibly be accomplished,
according to the limits of the military cook-
hHoourssee, havingforbeen
some
ie time under thet econsideration of the
cooking ap, baratuses have been erected
a t the numberßoyal
Artillery-barracks, Woolwich, under the sanction
ofthuendGeerngeornael Commanding-in-Chief,
seriesma ding-in-Chief, each of which
has
of
eeresxpeeorlinmpoesnitangl tethstes
Royaforthe
satisfaction of the officers
Royal
Sanitary Commission. Yesterday, Captain Freeth,
Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General, Royal
Artillery ; Mr. Clerk, Royal Engineer Department;
Mr. Warrener, of the Sanitary Commission, and an
officer from the Board of Admiralty, made an offi-
cial inspection of a patent rotary cooking apparatus,
erected at No. 3 cooking-house, Royal Artillery
barracks, by Mr. Radley, proprietor of Gresham's
Hotel, Dublin. The apparatus was viewed through-
out by the members appointed for the purpose,
under the superintendence of the patentee after the
performance of the allotted day's work. The inven-
tion gives to the roasting apparatus a rotary mo-
tion, which, it was stated, preserves the nutritious
qualities of the meat, and effects a saving of 20 per
cent. in weight alone, rendering the frequent open-
ing of the doors unnecessary, and more effectually
roasting the meat in a much shorter time, together
with the advantage of self basting. The meat and
vegetables are steamed from the boiler, which heats
several thousand gallons of water, and condenses
water, if necessary. The ovens are capable of bak-
ing bread in the intervals of cooking and the
hot hearth appears to afford facilities for all
other branches of cooking. The consump-
tion of fuel during the whole day amounted to less
than 1 cwt. of coals, or below 11'13. per man within
the computation required bysthe committee, and
the attendance of only two men to 500 rations. The
grate containing the fire is fitted so as to reduce its
capacity when required for a small party, or to
husband the consumption of fuel, and retain a
moderate heat when the dinner hour is over • and
was pronounced highly applicable to ships of' war
and passenger and emigrant vessels. A modified
isd
exposed in the Society of
Arts model o f the
exhibition i n v
ienn tin
Ael
theo
pin, adapted for the use
of an army on the march.

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION. Her Majesty's
Emigration Commissioners have given notice of their in-
tention to receive tenders to-day (Thnrk day) for a ship to
proceed to Moreton Bay, to be ready for the reception of
passengers on such day as the Commissioners may appoint
between the 14th and 21st of July.
THE BITE OF A RAT.---A fortnight ago a man
employed with a thrashing machinewas at work at the farm
of Mr. Hopkins, of Stetchford, and some persons being en-
gaged in rat-catching he got hold of a large one, which bit
him in the little finger. The finger immediu.tely began to
swell, and the swelling extended over the whole of the
hand. The paor fellow's sufferings were drerk(Hu!, and bt,
had to go to Birmingham Hospital, where, ,notwithstand-
ing
,
ing the care and attention he has received,,t .the :nu
continues swollen and highly inflamed. he.
:our vstwfi has to has
i
not been able to work since the occurrence, __
endure great pain and suffering, and we rt Cava the
of
stance as a caution to others to leave the
3
those vermin to the professionals, who ow Low to handle
their game.—Birminghon Post. the oircuru-

31. lOSSUIrif AT HANCE:ESTER.

(From thi: Manchester Guardian.)

A meeting of ‘G parties favourable to complete
non-intervention a nd strict neutrality in the present
European war" was held on Tuesday evening, in
the Free-trade H 1.1.11, it being announced that M.
Louis Kossuth woulti deliver an address. Admission
was by ticket—to the body of the hall free ;to the
gallery Is. each. The room was well filled. M.
Kossuth was loudly cheered when he came upon
the platform.
Mr. George Wilson, as advertised, took the chair
at half-past seven o'clock ; and among those upon
the platform were Mr. G. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. T.
Basley, M.P., &e.
The CHAIRMAN said they were met for the purpose
of expressing their opinions in favour of strict non-
intervention and neutrality in the present compli-
cated affairs of Europe. Non-intervention and
neutrality had become the watchwords of the Liberal
party in England, had been enlarged upon by the
writers in the pruss, and had been proclaimed by
her Majesty's Go. vernment. In reply to some ques-
tions which had been asked in the newspapers, why,
under those circumstances, there was any necessity
for this meeting, .he would say that he knew of no
reason which prev,ented them from expressing their
opinions as long as their interests were concerned,
and that he held the doctrine that, as long as war
lasted, it was desirar)le day by day and week by
week, if necessary, to be prepared to express those
opinions, in order that no ingenuity
• of the Govern-
ment or of other parties, might entangle them in
difficulties. (Cheers.) hr concluding, the chairman
referred to the reception of M. Kossuth in Man-
chester 11 years ago, and said that as long as he
chose this island as the home of his adoption he
would never want a country or a friend. (Applause.)
M. KOSSUTH was received with loud cheers, the
audience rising. He said that we had arrived at
stirring times; and for himeelf he might have
arrived at a period of his life, which might call on
him soon great duties to fulfil. To receive, after so
many years of adversity, such a token of still warm,
still enthusiastic sympathy as that j tact presented was
a great encouragement, which he would treasure in
his heart, and convey to those stout hearts and brave
arms of his couutry which might bee called soon to
unfurl the banner of independence. (Cheers.)
Francis Joseph, the murderer, the lawless usurperof
Hungary, had just now a great war on his hands.
That war commenced in Italy • but it would be
impossible to circumscribe it ;hat it should not
extend to other portions of the Austrian do-
minions ' • because, if Austria had but a conflict
bounded by a certain line, and her antagonists
would not follow her retreating army, or would
not take her power in flank and rear, the war could
never be brought to an end ; and no result would
there be, except a wanton effusion of blood. There=
fore the audience would agree with hinithat it was
natural he should look upon this war as one which
was likely to place the emancipation of his own
country even within the reach of the determination
of his nation. (Cheers.) Yes, he looked upon it as
one of those occasions for which, from the very
depths of his desolation, he had fervent prayers ad-
dressed to the Father of Mankind for long, dreary
10 years. He had made these preliminary obser-
vations because he had seen it remarked in some
papers, that what poliCy England may think fit to
adopt in this emergency, it was entirely a domestic
affair of the English people, in which he ought not
to interfere. He had never interfered with Eng-
land's domestic affairs ; but he appealed to the jus-
tice of the English people whether this was not bis
own domestic affair far more than it was theirs.
The motive that urged him to accept invitations for
expressing his opinions was, that, unless the people
of England sent forth its forbidding word, he feared
the English people would interfere with Hungary's
domestic affairs by supporting Hungary's enemy,
and thus marring the prospects which a
merciful Providence has prepared for the Hun-
garian people. (Hear.) Was not this legitimate
ground for him to stand upon ? (Hear.) The Royal
proclamation of strict and impartial neutrality was,
so far as words went, a wise and patriotic deter-
mination. He defied any man to point out any
present moral or material profit, or the prospect of
any future compensation which England could
derive from plunging into the horrors and calami-
ties of war on the present occasion. And the de-
claration of the Government had, besides, this
merit—that it was unique, so far as it went, as a
constitutional tribute to the will of the nation. If
it was the desire of the nation that the proclaimed
neutrality should assume the character of a settled
rule, and that independently of the varying chances
of the just-commencing war it should be acted upon
with an unwavering consistency ; if it was desired
that the proclaimed and professed impartiality
should not &generate into a screen for partial
manceurces, calculated to pave the way, under
some specious_ pretence, for intermeddling first
and interventions afterwards, it was now more
necessary even than before that the manifesta-
tion of public opinion should not relax, but
should become more explicit. Because, in the
first place, if the proclamation of the Queen re-
sponded to the will of the nation, it was proper
that the manifestations of public opinion should
respond to the proclamation of the Queen. In the
second place, the situation was too grave to admit
of a doubt that mighty influences were at work for
getting England into entangling alliances, which
if not prevented would inevitably drift the country
into war and for purposes, too, which, while they
had nothing in common with the national interests,
were of a character utterly repugnant to English
feelings. He knew of no official declarations or
acts which left the impression that her Majesty's
Ministers would side with Piedmont, or France, or
Italy, if they did not remain neutral; but he had
read many declarations and noted acts forcibly lead-
ing to the inference that the alternative was— neu-
trality or support of Austria. (Hear, hear.) Eng-
land could never do too much for preserving her
exalted rank amid the maritime Powers ; to
preserve themselves was the interest and a
legitimate ambition of the people. But it
was really a curious fact that just when
neutrality was proclaimed the nation was called to
arms. (Hear, hear.) Every nerve was strained to
man the navy, with an exertion far surpassing any-
thing we had been allowed to witness either at the
time of the Crimean war, or even when India blazed
into a terrible conflagration. Was invasion feared ?
Why, the plainest common sense reflection must
suggest that, unless it was supposed that the Em-
peror of the French was entirely out of his senses,
he not only could not be anxious to provoke, but
must be very anxious to avoid, a conflict with Eng-
land, having already a great great war on his hands.
Louis Napoleon knew the almost inexhaustible
resources of this country for a defensive war ; that
every continental country might be stripped to its
last shilling and exhausted to its last man, still the
defensive resources of this sea-girt island would not
be so much as shaken in their solid foundations ;
and he knew that whosoever would embark on an
aggression of this country would not only have to
do with an army, but with a nation, every man of
which would prove every inch a hero in the defence
of his native shore. (Loud cheers.) No; England
would not be attacked in this war, unless she chose
to plunge into it of her own accord. What, then,
did these artnameuts mean ? In his opinion they
meant that there was en intention somewhere to
make England provoke that aggression, in order
to get a pretence l'or launching into the w.tr in sup-
port of aLspotie priest-ridden, bankrupt Austria—
(hear, hear)—whose very existence depended upon
a tissue of conduct which even in the ancient hea-
then tunes was regarded as hateful to the gods and
deserv:ng of no defence from men. Look to the
facts. The English ship Orion. after ships had
been sent to sea with secret sealed orders, was found
moored at Genoa, so as to impede the disembarka-
tion of French troops, just at the moment when the
Austrians entered on the offensive against Pied-
mont, and therefore every moment of retardation
might have become fatal to Italy. That might be
a mere accident, but it certainly looked like a very
partial accident. Another vessel refused the com-
monest mark of international civility to the flag. of
Tuscany—refused to salute the flag which was not
that of the Grand Duke, who had deserted to the
enemy, but was that of Tuscany, as much as the
flag of England was the flag of England and of
nobody and nothing else. The demand made by
the 'English Government, that the shores of Dal-
matia, in the Adriatic, should be regarded as neu-
tral, would, if complied with, have been equivalent
to Austria to the direct aid of an army of 30,000 or
40.000 men. This was not impartial neutrality ;
it Ras positive intermeddling with the war in fa-
your of Austria. Dalmatia was a vulnerable point
in estria's ill-gotten power; and the object of the
uoai that that country should be regarded as
neutral was to distance the war from -Hungary,
and thus to deprive that down-trodden country of
the eh ance of
peared to be preparing, in the logical course of
those v.etributive trials which
were at last set-
tling up, el the crime-loaded House of Hapsburg.
(Hear, I tear.) It was
reported in the papers
that this: monstrous pretension
had already led to
an Lrry e or respondence between England and France ;
and it enfaht lead to war if it were not checked in
time by the people's voice. But for these Austrian
leanings in high and official quarters there would
be no cha nee of England drifting into war ; for—
and it mix •
hr cause a pang to some—there was no•
chavee that `• the Government would be tempted to
shake the' r I, 9:111Y trident of these realms in favour
of the inde Tel idence of Italy, or of any of those na-
tionalities to whom the logic of the present compli-