The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-20 00:00:00

THE FAMILY OF REN.RI CORT.

TO THE EDITSR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—On various occasions I have read with plea-
sure your notices of the inventions of Henry Cart,
but regret to find that your able advocacy of his
children's claims has not been properly appre-
ciated either by the Government or the public.
It is well known that the discovery of the arts of
puddling, piling, welding, fagotting, and rolling
iron belongs to Henry Cort ; and it is also known
that these processes have been carried on with
great success and with great benefit to 'the country
for the last 70 years. It is, however, perhaps, not
so generally known that Cort expended a fortine
of upwards of X 20,000 in perfecting his inventions,
that he was robbed of the fruits of his discoveries
by the villany of an official in a high department
of Government, and that, cheated and persecuted,
he was ultimately allowed to starve by the apathy
and selfishness of an ungrateful country.
When these facts are borne in mind, and it has
been ascertained that his inventions have conferred
upon the country an amount of wealth equivalent
to £600,000,000 sterling, and given employment to
600,000 of the working population of our land
during the last three generations, we are surely
justified in referring with pride to results of such
vast importance while we insist upon the duty
which devolves upon the nation to rescue from
penury and distress the descendants of such
al a
l ch
bene-
factor.
An appeal was recently made through the p
pre-
ages
of the Encyclopedia Britannica, but, like
vious appeals, it was barren of result. Once more,
through the columns of the Times, I desire to give
publicity to the fact that out of a family of 13 there-
are still living one son and two daughters of
Henry Cort, whose united ages now exceed 200
years, and who are destitute of the most meagre
comforts of life. Assuredly such a state of things
should not be • in a country where charity is no
boast such claims should need no other advocacy
t h aln
poffer lthrough
wards a national synobusCrs.ir,tiaondofnorattihoen
reolfief£olfo
tOh
etsoe-
aged persons.
IThde leadinglp ironmasters of the
doubt ncaoste,
country
much largwerilsl
ifisllonuepfo
trhper listso twith
d
generous relief. The Government should do some-
thing, but, as in many former and noteworthy cases
and things, I fear the assistance from that quarter
will only be tendered when it is too late.
In this appeal for the benefit of a distressed
family I have not noticed what is due to its
founder's memory; but, looking at the services he
has rendered to the iron trade and our iron con-
structions, I venture to affirm that the name of

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WINCTIESTER, JULY
The learned judges did notqtttencl the Cathedral
yesterday in state, as has been customary. •
CROWN COURT. •
(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.)
THE BURNING OF THE EASTERN MONARCH.
Charles -Gardener was indicted for the -
mah-
slaughter of Robert Smith, on. the Bth of June, at
Spithead.
Mr. Collier
and jlr. Poulden were counsel for the
prosecution; Mr. Coleridge for the prisoner.
Mr. Collier, iu opening the' case on the part of
the prOsecu'tiem, said. that probably the jury had
heard of the loss of 'the- Eastern Monarch at Spit-
head, on the 3d of Tune last. That vessel" .was an
Indiaman, of 1,600 tons burden, and about 980 feet
in length, and was an exceedingly fine vessel. She
had been engaged to convey invalided troops from
India to this country. She sailed from Bombay on
the 10th of February' last,, having on board 352 in-
valided soldiers, 29 women, 55 children, several
cabin Passengers,- and 65 meir,vemprising the ship's
crew, making altogether 524 seas. She also had
' cargo of saltpetre and linseed. The vessel anchored
at Spithead bet Ween one and two on the morning of
the 3d of June. Between two and three. o'clock in
the 'Morning- a terrific eXplosion was heard, the
hatchways were bleWn Up, several of the people
thrown f'rom their' beds,' yvomen and children were
screaming, men rushing to find their wives, and all
was confusion and dismay. Fire instantly broke
out, and within, a quarter of an hour she was in
flames from stein to stern. Thanks to the officers
and the excellent discipline of the troops;-nearly the
whole of the_persens oti.boavl were landejl in stielY-
-011elowil", Sirtitr,-'-Was'much iiTured ;he was
taken to the hespital, but the neat day he' died.
Upon the evidence taker at the 'coroner's inquest it
appeared that the prisor:er had charge ofthe maga-
zine and the gunroom, and about eight o'clock on
the evening of the 2d of June the prisoner had gone'
below, and had in the gunroom_ lighted. a heifer
match, and had thrown it smoking on the floor; on
which there was a variety of stores, such as ham-
pers and wine cases.' There was -a hatehway.oVer
the room, having holes in it,' and aboye iffas• the
wdinen's cabin. • The theory was that -something
had taken fire, and bad smoulden a,from eight
o'clock until two, and had thus caused the explo-
sion. That was the case that would be laid before
them, and it would be for the jury totfiu whethdr
the prigener ;had been guilty of -negligence, and
whether that negligence had led to the 'catastrophe.
The learned judge Said upon these facts he could
hardly suppose that the jury would convict the
prisoner. There was an• interval Of six hours 'be-
tween the time the prisoner was in 'the gunroom
and the fire breaking out ; no fire had been seen,
and no burning had been smelt. He did not like
interfering with the province of the jury. but it was
a strong: thing to -suppose that this
,burning was
going on for six hours.' A jury did not guess at a
man's guilt. He did not invite the learned coun-
sel to withdraw the case, but if he did so he did
not think he would be doing wrong.
. Mr. ,Collier said he had , consulted his learned
friend, and after his lordship's observations, which
completely agreed with 'his own-Opinion, he should
withdraw the case from the jury, particularly' as
there was another indictment against the prisoner
for a misdemeanour.
The jury returned a verdict of Not, Guilty.
The same prisoner was then indicted for that he,
being a seaman ou board a British ship, unlawfully
did an act tending to the immediate loss and de-
struction of the ship, by using a lighted uncovered
candle in the gun-room.
The same counsel were engaged as in the former
case.

Evidence was given to show that the prisoner on
the 10th of May had lighted a match, and that on
the night in question the prisoner was observed to
go down to the gunroom without a light, and that
when there a light was seen. It was shown that
the prisoner was- extremely active in assisting to
get the troops out of the ship, and was almost the
last man to leave it.
The judge said,..he should tell the jury that if
they thought the act of the prisoner .might have
tended to the serious danger of the ship, although
any person present might have prevented the
danger, that that act came within the statute. It
was evidence for the jury.
The jury acquitted the prisoner, thinking that
although he had been guilty of a breach of duty,
still that his act did not tend to the serious damage
of the ship.

THE LATE RIOT AT C_REMORNE

G A _RD ENS.

Yesterday, at the Westminster Police-court, Cap-
tain Baird, of 10, Bury-street, St. James's, Ensign
Herbert Osborne, of the 43d, 16, Bury-street, St.
James's, and Mr:Hope Johnstone, of Long's Hotel,
appeared to their bail for final examination, all
charged with attempting to rescue from the cus-
tody of the police Mr. George Wilson, of Lowe's
Hotel, St. Alban's-place, who was . not present
(charged with assaulting a waiter and the police,
at Cremorne Gardens, on the morning of the Bth
instant. Baird was further charged with assaulting
a waiter and the qolice, and using disgusting lan-
guage. _

- Mr. Paul attended for Mr. Simpson, and having
intimated there was no further evidence, stated that
Mr. Simpson entertained no vindictive feeling to-
wards the defendants, but was merely actuated by
one motive, that of preserving peace and good order
in the gardens he had always conducted properly,
protecting the general public from insult. These
sort of things had been so frequent of late that Mr.
Simpson had thought it desirable to appear by
couisel, and he now placed the matter unreservedly
in the hands of the magistrate, who -would of course
bear in mind that although the three defendants
had been guilty of great indiscretions, still the case
against them was much less serious than that
against Mr. Wilson.
_ _

Mr. Lewis, jun., who appeared for the defen-
dants, would not attempt to justify the conduct of
Mr. Wilson, who had been charged With a very
serious assalt ; and he did not blame Mr. Simpson
for taking the course he had done; but Baird denied
the assault upon the constables Walsh and Hilier
with .a stick ; and supposing he had committed them
he was only 19, had undergone some slight impri-
sonment, and much anxiety and expense, and there-
fore he (Mr. Lewis) hoped he would not be punished
to any serious extent. With regard to Johnstone,
the very words which the constable Hilier said
he used—" Don't take him, I'll get him away,"
and tried to do so—showed that Mr. Johnstone,
not knowing what Mr. Wilson had done, and see-
ing him drunk and in the custody of the police, had
said that he would take him away quietly, so that
no further disturbance should be committed ; and
Mr. Osborne had taken no part in the affair, at all,
but had zlierely gone into the crowd going to the
station to see what was the matter. Mr. Baird on
the former examination had waited till four o'clock
and went away for a few minutes, and wh
came back found the case had been adjourned.
A Mr. Chichester said Baird had no stick on
ojne
on h
t hn
ee.
night in question ; and Captain Payne that h
stone knew nothing of the affair till Wilson was in
custody.
fa
elvtisro.
fthe Arnold
case.e
commented at great length upon the
He did not think Mr. Johnstone
and Mr. Osborne
ct e d
although
as to deserve any vehadry h7avillyise°lldu
punishment,
they had acted ver
y improperly and imprudently,
and he shouldcallof
upon each them to find one
surety_. ;11
- £2O to keep the peace for six months.
With regard to Mr. Baird the case against him was
much stronger, and he had heard that instead of
waiting on the former examination till four, and
coming back as alleged, he had driven off in
a cab with Mr. Wilson, and his recognizances
in £4O would be estreated, and in default of a
levy not being satisfied, he would be sent to prison
for three months. The cases of using filthy language
to females and assaulting Hillier were not fully
proved, but he should fine him £2 for assaulting the
waiter Irvine, and £5 for assaulting the constable
Walsh, and further require him to find one surety
in L5O to keep the peace for six months. The re-
cognisanecs of £4O entered into for Wilson woad
be estreated, and his bail be sent to prison for. three
ownd
months in default of satisfying a levy.
recognisance in £4O would also be estreated,
anhe would be taken . upon the warrant out against
lam whenever he was founrl.

FORGED 'BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES FROM THE
CONTINENT.—A respectable Eradford 'shipping house was
England t thneyotwese.re
Tphaeyienopgrtoorathtieot
treasurer,
Mr. Samuel Laycock, of the Bradford. Banking
Company, detected two mirth notes, one of £lO and the other
ethusetom otherer sdfaoyrgd made
Banakwoafre tb
£5, in a sum of money which had been paid to himi and the
firm in question was at (moo corriraunicated with. The notes
had evappearance upon the f ace of them of being genuine,
butwereYerenabossed in imitation of the water-mark. The firm
from whom.the notes had bet received then found that
among a large roll' of good notes they had many counter-
feit ones, similar to those :returned as worthless. They
consequently took immediate z steps to ensure the examina-
tion of all notes recently pal( I by *them to customers. The
notes, it was supposed, had been received from the com-
mercial representative of the firr n kt Zurich; in Switzer-
land, and had doubtless be,en pa; and to* kiln in exchange
for gold.--Manchester Guarclkft

THE COMMERCIAL, 73, Cheapside.—This
Establishment is now RE-OPENED, under the ma-
nagement of Mr..R. Glover, from the London, Fleet-street.
Antler off the Joint, in the Coffee-roona, with Vegetables,
Bread and Cheese, &c., is. 6d. The Commercial Dinner of
Soap, Fish, Entrées, Joints, Sweets, and Cheese, 2s. 6d,
Ladies' Dining-room, with Female Attendant. Smoking
Saloon, The best of everything at prices to snit the temper
of the times.

CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERT, SATURDAY
NEXT.—TITIES, PICCOLOMINI, &c.
...Tickets at 011ivier's, 19, Old Bond-street.

CRYSTAL PALACE.-GRAND OPERA
CONCERT, on SATURDAY NEXT, JULY 23d, 1859.
TITIENS (her first appearance at the Crystal Palace),
ktadlle. PICCOLOMDTI (her first appearance at the Crystal
Palace since her return from America), and Signor
OIVGLINI, Sic.

PROGRAMME.
Parte Prima.
Overture—" Midsummer Night's Dream". Mendelssohn
Terzetto—" Qual volutta," Madlle. Titiens, Sig-
nori Giuglini e Vialetti(Lombardi) Verdi.
Aria—" S' Ella ognor m'e fedele," Sig. Belart Rossini.
Duetto—" Bell' imago," Mme. Garducci e Sig
Badiali (Semiramide) Rossini.
Gran Scena ed Aria—Madlle. Titiens (Fidelio) Beethoven.
Trio—" Troncar suoi di," Signori Giuglini,
Aldighieri, e Valetti(Guglielmo Tell)
Dtt..-tto—" Sull' aria," Madlles. Titiens e Pic-
colomini (Nozze de Figaro) Mozart.
sestetto—" Sola, Sola," Mesdlles. Titiens, Pic-
colomini, e Guarducci, Signor Giuglini, Aldi-
e Badiali (Don Giovanni) Mozart.
Parte Seconda.
Quartette—"Chi ma frena," Madlle. Piccolo-
mini, Signori Giuglin (Li, Aldighieri, e Vialetti
ucia di Lammermoor) Donizetti.
Romanza—" Tu m'ami' mio bel Angelo," Sig-.
Balte.
Giuglini (La Zingara)
Aria—" Ah s'estinto," Mdme. Guardcd u
Mercadante.
(Donna Cariten)
Duetto—" Se inclinassi a prender moglie
."
Signori Belart e Aldighieri(ltaliana in Algeri) Rossini.
Aria—" Vedrai carino, ' Madlle. Piccolo mini
(Don Giovanni) ................. Badiali
......... Mozart.
Aria—" Non mi andrai," ..Signori
(Nozzi di Figaro) ........................... Mozart.
Trio e Coro—" Vadasi via di qua," Tutti.... Martini.
Overture—" Oberon." ...... Weber.
Conductor, Signor AutaTt.
Admission—By Two Guinea-Season Ticke
Shill Free ; byd
OSixe
n
on payment of Two sa-
Guinea Season Ticket,
pence ; by Day Ticket, Five Shillings, or, if purchased on or
before Friday, the 22d inst., Three Shillings and Sixpence ;
Reserved Seats, Half
-a-Crown extra.
Tickets at the Crystal Palace ; 2, Exeter Hall ; and at the
usual Agents.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
I .TO-MORROW EVENING, DYING FOR LOVE.
After which, ;will be revived Shakspeare's Tragedy ot
HENRY VIII. Cardinal W.lsey, Mr. Chas. Kean ; Queen
Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean.
To conclude with IF THE CAP FI
7. f S.
Commence at

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
THE CONTESTED ELECTION.
After which, KNOW YOUR. OWN MIND.
To conclude with HALLOWE'EN.
Commence at 7.

W THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI.
NEW ThEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI.
ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Engagement of the Celebrated Spanish Dancers.-3d Night
of a New Burlesque, by J. Byron, Esq.
THIS EVENING, DIAMOND GUT DIAMOND. Mr.
and Mrs. Henri Drayton.
Followed by (3d time) THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss
Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly.
Grand Ballet, by the Spanish Dancers.
After which, ICI ON FABLE FRANCAIS. Messrs.
J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, Billington ; Misses Seeley, Arden,
and Laidlaw. and Hrs. 1311ling,ton.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.
Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box
Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to
servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING, QUIXOTE, JUNIOR. Mr. J. Clarke.
After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses
Swanborough, Oliver, and Lavine.
Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE
LADY OF LYONS.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH. The
whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced
for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts
being hi course of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN-
TERBURY HALL CONCERTS. •
THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY,
consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette,
and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and
EIGHT years.
The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some
of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever
written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi-
ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu-
siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France
and Belgium.
They will perform TWICE EACH EVENING, in addi-
tion to the usual Entertainments.

THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, JULY 20,
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
81—highest since soon yesterday.'
67—lowest this morning and during the night.
74—this day at noon.

BA.Rommma--30.08.
WIND, S.S.Bastetly ; light, with now fine sunshiny
weather. In the night wo had some heavy rain, and this
morning, lightning thunder and rain.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 58m.—Afternoon, sh. 15m
To-Moßnow-Morning, sh. 32m.—Afternoon, sh. 49m,

There was a grand display last evening at St.
Cloud. The Emperor NAPOLEON received the mem-
bers of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives, and then gave his reasons for so suddenly
abandoning the war—a war which was undertaken
to serve the independence of Italy by going against
the mind of Europe! Why, has not the Em-
peror NAPOLEON waged war against the
mind of France ever since he attained
to power ? No, no, the excuse comes too
late, and will not now avail. He was evidently
frightened at his sudden acquisition of military
fame, and shrunk from working it out as his glori-
ous uncle would have chivalrously done. The pre-

achievement possible.

sent NAPOLEON may conceive great deeds, but the
first 'NAPOLEON boldly carried them out, and
that before his opponents could have supposed the

It now appears that the neutrality of England
and the attitude assumed by Prussia, backed by the
German effervescence, really appalled the liberator
of Italy, and made him sue for a peace which
the vanquished FRANCIS JOSEPH was but too
ready to grant ! After the sacrifice of so many
lives for little or no purpose, the grand presump-
tuous boast of the war has ended in smoke ! We
could weep for the man who could have so
falsified the promised hopes of millions, merely
to extricate himself from so disgraceful a dilemma.
NAPOLEON has made a false step, and the mind of
Europe will not help him to repair it—nor the long-
suppressed mind of France either. Again, we can
but pity him in his subdued extremity, and we do
it in very scorn !

Frequently though attention has been drawn,
before now, to the extraordinary injustice of the
Income-tax as it has been hitherto, and as it still
is, unhappily, to this moment assessed—the cruelty
of the system was, perhaps, never more strikingly
indicated than it was on Monday evening by the
Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for
Sheffield. NEI% ROEBUCK reminded the House that
he spoke feelingly—he spoke, to a certain extent,
from his own bitter personal experience. He spoke
as a professional man, and
as a professional man
who had in mid-career been suddenly stricken down
with a severe and, at the first moment
it appeared, almost fatal malady. Fortunately
for himself—fortunately for us all—the hon. and
learned gentleman has long since recovered his
health if not in all its pristine energy at any rate
with a semblance of it—retaining throughout in
all its original vigour' that clear, strong, virile in-
tellect which has new for fully one quarter of a
century been dedici ted consistently and unkleviat-
ingly to the championsl,,ip of the rights of the people
and of the honour and happiness of the
commonwealth. As a, representative of the
middle classes—as one called to the Bar—Mr.
ROEBUCK might havelY3en more actively dependent
upon his profession----lae might when attacked a
few years since by that apparently mortal illness
have been precluded entirely thenceforth from
further participatio n it a the labours of public life,
from the continuance c,f his prolonged and energetic

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THE SUN.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1859.