The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-08 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF ADMIRALTY.
(Before Dr. Lushington.)
THE BANDA AND HIRWEE PRIZE MONEY.
This case, which involves the distribution of the sum
of .£540,000, irrespective of interest, and for which there
are several claimants, including General Sir George Whit-
lock, Sir Hugh Rose, &c., came again before the Court this
morning, but the case is expected to last several days.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUR, £'—This Day.

OLD COURT.

The January session of the Central Criminal Court
commenced this morning, before the Lord Mayor, Alder-
men, and other civic authorities.

The calendar contains the names of 50 prisoners for
trial, but there is a total absence of the charge of murder
amongst the crimes with which the prisoners stand
charged. There is one charge of felonious shooting with
intent to murder, and two cases of manslaughter, but the
other indictments are of the ordinary description.
The Common Sergeant, acting as deputy Recorder, this
morning charged the grand jury, owing to the absence of
Russell Gurney, Esq., and briefly alluded to the cases
comprised in the calendar, which, he said, were happily of
a lighter description than had for some time been the case.
The principal charge to be disposed of this session is
the indictment against the young man Shirley for attempt-
ing to shoot Mr. Hus.

After the jury bad retired to their rooms,
The trial of a gentlemanly-dressed man named Cooke
was proceeded with, who was indicted for receiving vari-
ous sums of money in his position as traveller for the
Patent Plumbago Crucible Company, and not accounting
for the same. The jury, after a long trial, returned a
verdict of not guilty. Mr. Sergeant Robinson then pro-
ceeded with three other indictments.

POLICE INTELL/GENCE.—This Day.

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BOW-STREET.
Daniel Sullivan, alias Dennis O'Leary, was placed at the
bar charged with highway robbery.
From the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor, a sea,-
faring man, had been paid off from his ship on Friday, and
of course commenced enjoying himself. He wandered
about the metropolis until he found himself near Short's-
gardens, Drury-lane, where the prisoner made a desperat
assault on him and robbed him of his money.
The police gave evidence as to the assault and robbery,
and the prisoner was then fully committed for trial.
Daniel Kelland and Daniel O'Brien were also charged
with highway robbery with violence.

From the evidence of Police-sergeant E 5, it appeared
that the two men, who were very desperate characters, met
the prosecutor in Holborn last night, and, perceiving him
to be intoxicated, they followed him for some distance,
when one of the men went behind him and seized him,
while the other took hold of him by the throat, and the two
then forced him up against the shutters of one of the shops
in that thoroughfare. The police, who wore close at hand,
fortunately took both men into custody.
The prosecutor this morning was not in attendance, and
the constable informed the magistrate that he did not in-
tend to appear.

Mr. Vaughan said he should compel him to appear In
court and give his evidence, and therefore he should order
summonses to issue for his attendance.

The prisoners were remanded. .

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ALLEGED MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—MichaeI Donovan, a
young man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with steal-
ing 120 postage stamps of the value of 10s., the property of
Mr. Packe, grocer, Old Compton-street.
Mrs. Packe said that on Thursday evening the prisoner
came into the shop of her husband and asked for 10s.
worth of postage stamps. She was hesitating whether she
should lay them on the counter or not when the prisoner
snatched the stamps out of her hand and ran out of the
shop. She pursued him, calling "Stop thief," but lost sight
of him.

Mr. Tyrwhitt asked Mrs. Packe whether she was sure
the prisoner was the same young man.
Mrs. Packe said she was. An officer brought him to her
shop on Saturday night and she identified him.
The prisoner asserted that Mrs. Packe had committed the
greatest perjury ever heard in a police-court. He would
like to know what time in the evening Mrs. Packe
spoke of.
Mrs. Packe—About 6.

The prisoner said he could prove that he was at work
at the Alliance Bank, Lothbury, every evening last week
till half-past five o'clock. Mrs. Packe also told the con-
stable that the person who stole the stamps wore dark
clothes, while he (prisoner) could prove with the exception
of Saturday evening he wore all the week light clothes.
Sergeant Shillingfoid, 4 0, proved taking the prisoner
into custody, as he answered the description given. On
taking him to Mrs. Packe she said he was the person who
stole the stamps, but tho prisoner said she was mistaken.
The prisoner said he could call several persons to speak
to his character, and that he was quite innocent of the
charge.

Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, but took the bailPrincess-street,of a surgeon, residing in Princess-street, Bedford-row, for
the prisoner's future appearance.
ROBBERY or JBWELLRY, &c.—Edward O'Mara, alias
"Long Snob," a bootmaker, of 11, Little Compton-street,
was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being concerned
with two others in custody in stealing, on the 16th of
November last, a quantity of jewellery and other articles,
of the value of £BO, the property of Ur. John Ford Hal-
lett, landlord of the Hibernian Stores, Old Compton-street.
It may be remembered that at the last sessions of the
Central Criminal Court two men, named Byford and Lucas,
were convicted (Byford receiving a sentence of seven years'
penal servitude, Lucas 18 months) of being concerned in
the robbery. On Saturday night Sergeant Cole, an ener-
getic officer of the C division, took the prisoner into cus-
tody while playing at skittles at the Bull's Head, St.
Anne's, for being concerned in the same robbery.
Some evidence having been given, Sergeant Cole asked
for a remand for the attendance of witnesses.

Those who have lost their lives are Thos. Hughes,
Cwmerran, aged 20 (unmarried), son of Evan
Hughes, brother of Hugh Hughes, who was saved,
coxswain ; Edward Griffith, aged 20 (unmarried),
Bryn-bar; John Roberts, aged 32 (unmarried),
Llam-y-brenhin ; Richard Owen, aged 35, leaving
a wife and eight children, ' the youngest but a week
old ; Dinas Bran, and Robert Eml. Williams, about
40, unmarried, having an aged mother dependent
on him for support, Rhoscolyn ; and Win. Owen,
Holyhead, aged 30, leaving a wife and three chil-
dren. Up to 10 p.m. on Saturday only one of tho
bodies—that of W. Owen, Holyhead—had been
found, and the coast was being explored by the re-
lations and friends of the unfortunate men. Too
much praise cannot be given to Capt. R. IL Jones,
Lloyd's agent ; Mr. Rowe, chief officer of the Coast-
guard; and Mr. Cunnah, of the Customs, for their
efforts to aid the sufferers.

EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION TO MExioo.--We have
already stated that the associations Were being
organised with a view of directing a copious strewm of
emigration from Europe towards Mexico as soon as the
necessary concessions from the Government had
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A MODEL CONGRESS.--.The new United States'
Congress is thus described by the New York corres-
pondent of the Morning Herald :____ 41 What time the
loyal gentlemen in Congress assembled are not en-
gaged in the contemplation or laudation of their own
patriotic virtues and advertisement of the sacrifices
that they have made in putting down this unholy rebel-
lion they are busied in perfecting schemes for confiscating
the property of Southern men, and for bringing Confede-
rate leaders to punishment, or in the general execration of
everything Souther; or everybody who believes that the
South may still have some "rights." Absolutely nine-
tenths —yes, ninety-nine one-hundredths of the legislation,
or attempted legislation of Congress, thus far, has had as
its object the further punishment of the South; while the
"resolutions" adopted (with trifling exceptions) have been
expressions of the belief of our patriotic Congress men in
their own eminent loyalty. Two laws have been passed
by both houses, and have received the signature of the
President ; one of these is the act to prevent the importa-
tion of cattle, known as the " Cattle Plague Act ;" the
other is an act declaring that no person shall be incompe-
tent to serve as a juror in any court in the district of
Columbia by reason of the formation of an opinion upon
the subject engaging the attention of the jury ; which is a
help towards securing the speedy trial of Jefferson Davis.
Aside from the passage of these laws, Congress has accom-
plished nothing in the matter of law making. It has done
much, however, to block the wheels of justice and impair
the vitality of the fundamental law. Since last I wrote
three new amendments to the Constitution have been
proposed, thus we have reached the first scene. Twenty
amendments in ten working days! Why, it is enough to
revivify the dust of the now almost forgotten fathers of the
republic, and bring them trooping forth from their graves
to rebuke the madness of the hour."

The Palinurus, 1,081 tons register, Capt. Berry,
belonging to Messrs. R. Allen and Co., of Liver-
pool, left dock on Tuesday, Nov. 21, and having
lain in the Mersey until Monday, sailed for New
York, with a cargo of coal. Though everything
went well for some weeks, in spite of very boister-
ous weather, she subsequently sprang a leak when
in long. 30.30 west, and lat. 42 north. This, to-
gether with a heavy gale which lasted about 30
hours, induced the captain to seek for shore. He
had 24 men under him, who exerted themselves to
the utmost at the pumps, but such N as the leak that
the water continued to gain upon them for weeks.
In the attempt to save the vessel more than half
the crew were disabled by over exertion, and the re-
maining half had to work at the pumps and attend
to their sick comrades. One of the creel was washed
overboard during the gale. In the beginning of last
week they sighted the south coast of Ireland, but
such was the state of the sea and weather that they
failed to make for any of the Irish harbours. Then
the hazy state of the atmosphere prevented their
seeing anylight whatever, though they endeavoured
to make for Holyhead. This, however, was impos-
sible for two reasons. The South Stack could not
be seen, and the vessel was so logged with water
that it was expected every hour on Wednesday and
Thursday that she would founder. The captain,
therefore, sailed towards the nearest shore, the ves-
sel being already 10ft. in water below.
Cwmerran is a bay on the west coast of Anglesea
by land seven miles from Holyhead, and eight from
South Stack. Thither was the Palinurus run about
three o'clock on the afternoon of Thursday last.
The sea was at the time running mountains high,
and on this exposed part of the island, facing the
Channel, it was still more dangerous. The masts
were hurled from their places by the force of the
wind. The vessel struck on a rock—a backbone that
runs far into the sea—and the sailors made signs by
rockets and bluelights for assistance from shore.
When this was noticed a special messenger was de-
spatched to acquaint Mr. Cunnah, of the Customs;
CapL R. Jones, Lloyd's agent ; and Mr. Rowe,
chief officer the Coastguard at Holyhead, who in-
stantly repaired to the spot, which they reached be-
fore 6 o'clock p.m. It should be here stated that the
Rhoscolyn lifeboat had made two unsuccessful at-
tempts earlier in the day to reach the vessel, and our
reporter learnt from one of the officers of the ship
that they were made at great hazard. An attempt
was made by the lifeboat crew to reach the wreck
for a third time, when the ship had stranded ; but
the breakers were so terrible that they failed to
bring their boat round, and several of them, failing
in this attempt, followed the course of the vessel,
and were in readiness to join in any attempt to save
the lives of thoge on board the ship. Near the point
struck by the vessel the coast is almost houseless,
with two exceptions, one of the houses being inha-
bited by Evan Hughes, a fisherman. This man has
already been the means of saving the crews of 13
vessels, and he did not shrink from another attempt
of the same kind. A committee was formed of
Capt. Jones, Mr. Rowe, and Mr. Cunnah, and not
a minute was lost in preparing Evan Hughes's boat.
He, with his two sons and four of the crew of the
Rhoscolyn lifeboat, entered their boat at half-past
8 at night and made their way through a terrific sea
to the stranded vessel, which was within 100 yards
of the shore. It was not long before a hearty shout
reached the shore from the ship's crew when they
Bighted the amateur lifeboat. Twenty of the crew
were saved by means of the boat, and the other five
came afterwards in a boat belonging to the ship. At
10 o'clock that night (Thursday) all the crew had
reached shore in safety, and received from those
who had saved them and of the officials every suc-
cour. On the day following the wreck (Friday)
Lloyd's agent and the Customs' officer took active
measures to save everything they could from the
vessel. For this purpose a large number of persons
were engaged. Some of these were engaged on board
the wreck, others in boats conveying the salvage to
safety ashore. Much was saved, though the sea
was fearfully rough. On Saturday two boats had
to leave shore about 8 in the morning ; one was
that of Evan Hughes, and the other a smaller boat,
also belonging to him, of 22ft. in keel. The former
had about 25 men in it, and had reached the wreck,
leaving four men behind to row the salvage to shore,
but they had scarcely commenced working when the
smaller boat nearer the wreck was caught by a
squall and capsized. The crew, 12 in number, were
thrown into the water, two of them being Evan
Hughes's sons, and four men who had been con-
cerned in saving the ship's crew on Thursday. The
sight is described as heartrending to those who wit-
nessed the catastrophe from the wreck and from
shore. Two of the boat's crew reached the wreck
and were slung on board. These were owen Jones,
whose exertions to save himself were witnessed by
his brother, Richard Jones, who was on board the
vessel. He was saved by Owen Williams. Richard
Jones also, with another person, whose name we
could not learn, assisted in saving William Roberts.
Robert Jones, William Hughes, Owen Jones, and
Hugh Hughes managed to swim or to clutch the
capsized boat, and to hang on by it until the larger
boat (belonging to Evan Hughes) picked them up
and took them on shore. In spite of every exer-
tion, however, six persons lost their lives, being
either carried out to sea or drowned amidst the
breakers. The capsized boat, to which a few of the
men clung, was carried by the sea in every direc-
tion, and it is a matter of surprise how any of them
succeeded in keeping their hold under such circum•
stances.

RAMSGATE, Jan. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Siger,
from London for Landernau, with loss of anchor and chain,
bulwarks and stancheons, and port for rigging, having
been in collision.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Westwood,
from Demerara; William Rathbone, from New York;
Java, screw steamer, from New York ; Ashburton, from
New York.
TOBERNIORY, Jan. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—St. Vin-
cent, from the Clyde for Calcutta, leaky, and with other
damage.

PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lady
Havelock, from London for Swansea, with loss of anchor
and chain..
SWANSEA, Jan. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Marie, from
Newfoundland.

BRISTOL, Jan 7.—Wind N.W.—The Reform, of this
port, was picked up this morning off Clevedon, abandoned,
full of water.

QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—General
Shipley, from London for Philadelphia, leaky, and with
other damage.

THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.--At the meeting
of Parliament Mr. Denison will be moved into the Speaker's
chair by the Right Hon. W. Monsell, M.P.. for the county
of Limerick, and seconded by Earl Grosvenor, M.P. for
Chester—not by Lord R. Grosvenor, M.P, for the county
of Flint, as erroneously stated. The address in answer to
the speech from the throne will be moved in the House of
Commons by Lord Frederick Cavendish, M.P. for the
West Riding of York, and seconded by Mr. Win. Graham.
M.P. for the city of Glasgow.
THE SECRETARYSHIP OP THE ADMIRALTY.—A
correspondent of the Manchester Guardian has revived a
rumour of the appointment of Mr. Stansfeld, M.P. for
Halifax, to the Secretaryship of the Admiralty, and alleged
that the appointment is to be immediate, instead of waiting
for the estimates to be moved by Lord Clarence Paget. We
believe the statement to be premature for the best of all
reasons, that the office is not vacant.
DEATH OF MR. THOMAS CORWIN, OF OHIO.—
Mr. Thomas Corwin, one of the great men of America,
and one of the last links which join the present period
with much of the important past history of the American
Republic, has died. His death, which had not been un-
expected for a few days past, took place at Washington at
half-past two o'clock, on December 21st. Mr. Thomas
Corwin was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, on
the 29th of July, 1794. When he was four years of age
his father removed to Lebanon, Warren county, Ohio,
where the senior Corwin attained to a highly respectable
, position, and was for a long time an active and efficient
member of the Ohio Legislature, over the upper branch of
which he presided for several years with great dignity and
acceptance. His situation in life was such that he could
bestow but little attention on his son, and he grew up
without any great culture of his intellect, except such as
he derived from the active duties of life, and such inter-
course with the outer world as he had while working on
his father's farm, which he did until he was twenty years
of age. In 1815 ho commenced the study of law, and was,
admitted to the bar in 1818. Four years afterward 140
was sent as a representative to the State Legislature, in
which he served several sessions, and with such marked
abilities that he was sent to Congress in 1831. He con-
tinued to hold his seat in that body for nine years, or until
1840, during the whole time of which ho was found to bo
an efficient business member, a ready and powerful de-
bater, a steady friend of the Whig party, and an able ad-
vocate of all its measures in the House. In 1840
Mr. Thomas Corwin was chosen Governor of the State
of Ohio, an office which he filled with dignity for two
years. He was again a candidate for the same position,
but he was defeated by Mr. Shannon, the Democratic
candidate, who was elected as his successor. In 1845
Mr. Thomas Corwin was elected to the upper branch of
Congress, and took his seat in the Senate at the close of
that year. When a member of that body the United
States became involved in war with Mexico. Politicians
differed widely on the subject of its righteousness or its
after
pboeliintig
policy. Mr. Corwin, from the first, steadily opposed it as
neither politic nor just, and his speeches on the floor of
the United States Senate are among the ablest and most
argumentative of any delivered on that side of the question.
Mr. Corwin continued to hold his seat in the Senate
until the accession of Mr. Fillmore to the Presidency, in
1850, when that gentleman called him to aid the executive
administration by his counsel and advice, and appointed
him to preside over the Treasury of the country. At the
close of Mr. Fillmore's Presidential career, Mr. Corwin
retired into private life, but he was not long allowed to
enjoy his ease, for he was chosen to Congress in 1858 and
again in 1860, with little or no opposition. During the
latter years he rendered efficient service as a speaker
during the Lincoln, Douglas, and Breckinridgo Presiden-
tial contest, and addressed sundry audiences in the New
England States. On Mr. Lincoln's accession to the Pre-
sidency Mr. Corwin received the appointment of Minister
to Mexico, where he remained until the accession of Maxi-
milian, and then came home on leave of absence, his health
w n.
having become somewhat impaired. Finally. he resigned
paralysis
stricken
consistency
d o
his appointment and settled himself at Washington, where
he resumed the practic3 of law, his health, however, be-
coming g.adually worse. An attack of
him very suddenly at last, and he died without any
restoration of his faculties
Mr. Corwin was a genuine Whig nittil circumstances and
respected. In all cases his
his mature judgment wade him a Republican. Ile was a
mademan whihaoespein‘i'osn:,aeranndmaacntliionneassof
policy has been cafely in advance of the time. Convincing
himself of the justice of his 7101 VS he always pursued " the
even tenor of his way," the same in theory as in practice,
the same in action as in sentiment, thus treading in the
footsteps of the illustrious statesman whose life and times
are a splendid comment upon his own lofty declaration,
" I had rather be right than be President."