The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-09 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

LONDON, Aug. 9.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
S.W.—Arrived—Allemania,
COWES, Aug. G.—Wind
from New York, and left for Hamburg.
BRISTOL, Aug. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Susan
from New York.

QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Annie
Whitburn, from Jamaica ; Eliza Taylor, from Havannah ;
G. W. Harris, from Phiadelphia.
FALMOUTH, Aug. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Char-
lotte, from Havannah. Aug. 9.—Arrived—Ada Carter,
from Havannah.
CLYDE, Aug. 7.—Wind N.W.—Axrived—J. M. May,
from Huelva.
OFF PLYMOUTH, Aug. B.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—
Mary Croot, from New Zealand.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

PLYMOUTH, Thursday Morning.
The hired transport Mary Shepherd, Capt. Croot, from
Auckland May Bth, with 358 men belonging to the 40th
Regiment, has arrived off this port, and received orders to
proceed to Portsmouth.
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.

Arrived, August B.—Yorkshire, steamer, from Lisbon;
Philo, from Port Morant ; Frances Poole, from Tarragona;
Nereus, from New York ; Hiram, from Quebec ; Giraffe,
steamer, from Boulogne ; Holland, steamer, from Ostend.
Arrived, Aug. 9.—City of Hamburg, steamer, from
Havre ; Leopard, and Baron Osy, steamers, from Antwerp
Cologne, steamer, from Boulogne ; Foam, from Rangoon ;
Ellen, from Guernsey; Auu Law, from Archangel.
Sailed, Aug. 9.—Star of Albion, for Calcutta ; Regia,
from Jamaica.

DEAL, Thursday Morning.

Passed, Aug. B.—Dublin, screw steamer, from London,
for Bordeaux ; Star of the Mersey, from London, for Bris-
bane ; Lord Cardigan, of G►imsby, screw steamer, from the
north, for the west.
Anchored.—Nina, from London, for Antigua.

THE SLADE BARONETCY.—The trial in connec

tion with the Slade baronetcy, which was to have taken
place at the present assizes at Wells, has been removed to

London.

REIGATE ELECTION CO3IMISSION.—Mr. Sergeant
O'Brien, Mr. J. T. Smith, and Mr. Allen, tho commis-
sioners appointed to inquire into the alleged acts of bribery
and corruption at the late election for the borough of Rei-
gate, have announced that they will commence their sit-
tings at the Old Town-hall on Wednesday, the 22d inst.
Many of the electors have been summoned to give evi-
dence.

HEALTH OF MR. BASS, M.P.—We regret to an-
nounce that the senior member for this borough has suf-
fered from a severe attack of illness. Mr. Bass left Burton
for Scotland yesterday week, and on Monday we received
the painful intelligence that the hon. gentleman was
seriously ill. Exaggerated rumours were soon current, but
on Tuesday an authoritative telegram was received an-
nouncing that he was " progressing favourably."—Derby
Mercury,

An. accident, which might have been serious, oc-
curred to Mr. D. S. Ker, M.P., on Saturday last at Black-
man's hunting ground. His horse, which had refused
some jumps, became irritable, and eventually rushed at
full speed out of the grounds. Avan happening to pass at
the same moment, a violent collision occurred. Mr. Ker
was considerably bruised but not seriously injured. He is
now staying at the South Kensington Hotel, Queen's-gate-
terrace.

FLOGGING OF GAROTTERS.—During the assizes
which terminated on Monday six prisoners, convicted of
robbery With personal violence; *ere ordered; in addition
to their sentences'of penal servitude, to be flogged with the
cat-o'-nine tails. In his charge to the grand jury, and sub-
sequently in sentencing the prisoners, Mr. Justice Lush re-
marked that the fullest power of punishment allowed by
the law would be inflicted, with a View to the repression of
i his si3eCieS of tiriiiie ; and on TiiesdiV the first batch of
offenders underwent- the lash at the New Bailey Prison,
Manchester,
in the presence of several of the visiting jus-
tices, Captain Mitchell, the governor, and Dr. Braddon, the
oewly=appointed surgeon of the gaol, The place selected
for carrying out the punishment is a small enclosed
yard near the Irwell-street end of the gaol; The prisoners
were stripped to the waist, their legs fastened in a kind of
box, and their arms secured by straps, at the wrist,
leaving the hands free to clutch two rings to which the
strap are attached. no first brought to the post was
Michael John Tlaherty, 18 years of age, who had been
convicted of having, together with other persons, robbed
William BradahaW on the 12th of Vebruary, and John
Ile was to receive 18
iSaVsahtesso. n
Tcnhethperisfoonlelorwhiandg f
odrat
ed himself with a piece of
leather, which he rolled into his mouth, and at eVery fall of
the "cat" compressed between his teeth, He Writhed and
howled piteously, and at the twelfth stroke cried,tell me whether that is eleven or twelve."
" Oh
stalWart gaoler who handled the whip vouch-
dTere,stoohliddei
d,
safed no reply, hut repeated hits blows at the signal from the
surgeon, with about half a minute's interval between each
of the torture, leaving time for Ihedreaded
infliction. Tho suspense between the strokes seemed to add
tal of the stroke. On being re-
had howled so fearfully before,
renewal
round, and said with the most consummate impu-
dence, .. Thank you, gentienlen I my
a apprehensionse the
d , agonyt
hprisoner; t
the
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who eN
mother often gave me
worse with her apron strings." The next mounted was
Peter Kelly, who was a youth about 20 years, tall in
stature, and muscular in frame. lie had been convicted of
highway robbery with violence, and of an attempt to
" choke and strangle" an old man. He bore the first
three or four strokes with perfect composure, but through-
out the rest of the castigation groaned repeatedly at every
stroke. Once, turning round ho said, " I'm innocent of
this, gentlemen;" and when taken down he repeatedly
protested his innocence of the offence for which he
had been condemned. He also received 18 lashes. The
third prisoner was William Wright, thirty-four years
of age, who was the companion of Kelly in the offence.
Ile also received 18 lashes. lie was brought into
the yard as Kelly was taken away, and, turning rou,..- d,
ho WV the unsightly lacerations on his companion's
back, and shuddered at the anticipated pain of under-
going a similar disfigurement. Though he uttered no cry
or groan, every muscle and fibre of his frame shook
throughout the operation. On being removed he also de-
clared his utter innocence of the crime imputed to him. A
refractory youngster, who had refused to work, was next
hoisted. At the first stroke he howled, danced, and
shrieked, and continued to do so throughout, protesting
that he would willingly do any work if allowed to go.
The remaining three prisoners sentenced to be whipped
were t 9 undergo their pluitlbziont yeavoity.