The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-14 00:00:00

MILITIA.

The South Notts Yeomanry Cavalry have con-
cluded their eight days' training, and were reviewed
on Thursday, on Bulwell Forest, near Nottingham,
by Lieut.-Colonel Lowe, of the 4th Light Dragoons.
Their evolutions were performed in a manner fully
calculated to sustain the reputation the regiment
has acquired for proficiency in its field duties, the
reviewing officer stating that he should have great
pleasure in reporting favourably of them at the
Morse Guards.

THE NOR TH- Co UNTRY SEAMEN AND
THE NAVY.

1 ' Capt. Pim, RN., add—ressed a large meeting of
north-country seamen on Wednesday night in the
Central-hall, South Shieir. Williamson)lds,outhead vantamesof
thenavy.
ATpresided.
The l‘i
OTuh,ew Mayorho was(i received with great ap-
plause, said that it gave him very great pleasure to
introduce to them his gallant friend, Capt. Pim, an
officer who, he had no doubt, was well known to
many of them. Capt. Pim had been sent down to•
the Tyne by Government • to endeavour to obtain
volunteers for the navy, and his worship trusted
that he V.ould be successful in getting many to
join. (Hear, hear.) The flames of war were spread..
ing over Europe, and he did -not know how 'soon
they might reach this happy land of ours. His
worship, however, said that should such a thing
occur—which ho trusted Would not—they would,
he doubted not, all be ready to take up arms and
drive the enemy far away, and thus show how
futile and absurd it was to attempt to invade Eng-
land. (Hear, hear) It was necessary, however,
that Government at the present time should have
men to man the various vessels, and he, therefore,
trusted that many cif them would respond to the
call made by her Majesty. (Hear, hear.) The sea-
men of the north were equal, if not superior, in
bravery to any of those in other ports of this great
empire, and he had no doubt that if circumstances
called them into active duty they would discharge
their duty faithfully and well. (Great applause.)
Captain Pim would address them on various sub=
jects, and they might rely on what he said to them.
Captain Pim on rising was received with three
hearty cheers. After thanking them forth§ hearty
reception they had given him, he said that he just
wanted to have a quiet chat with them in a sailor-
like way. (Hear, hear.) 'Seamen were wanted in
her Majesty's navy, and it was his intention to
speak to them of the advantages they would obtain
by joining it. He did not wish to mislead them in

He hoped that in case of a war lirealiing out, ank
men being needed, the "press" would not be re-
sorted to, but that the ballot would be adopted in
its place. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. JonN Ftsit, an old veteran, was the next
speaker, and on ascending the platform he was re-
ceived with applause. He had been on board of a
man-of-war five years—three years and a-half
in one ship, and eighteen months in another—
and therefore he knew something about the
service. He had seen a good deal in his time, and
some flogging too, but it was necessary at times, he
could assure them. (Hear.) Whenever the captain
of his ship flogged a man, he always afterwards sent
him ashore about his business. He had then done
with him. (Hear.) Captain Pim had referred to
the old scullermen, but if they were treated as they
ought to have been after the last French war, they
would not have been compelled to go in a sculler-
boat. (Hear.) Referring to the manning of the
navy, he said he was now too old or else he might
think of going again. [Captain Pim.—" No, you
are not ; I will take you."] (Applause.) He was
of opinion that the Government would obtain plenty
of men, provided they dealt out to them the same
privileges which were awarded to the officers.
(Hear.) What he wanted was that the seamen
should be put on half-pay when they retired from
service as.well as the officers. (Hear, hear.) Speak-
ing of himself, he said he .was not a man until he
went on board of a man-of-war, and while there he
learnt more than he did all the time he was in the
merchant service. What, however, was wanted
was a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. (Hear.)
Mr. KING, secretary to the Seamen's Friendly
Association, also addressed the meeting at consider-
able length. He considered that the wages in the
navy should not be less than £3 per month. This, of
course, would be independent of the extras adverted
to by Captain Pim. It was also desirable that there
should be shorter periods of service, and that pen-
sions should be given. If these suggestions were
acted upon no great difficulty would be experienced
in obtaining seamen to man the navy. (Hear.) Mr.
King, referring to the treatment on board of a man-
of-war, said if a man conducted himself properly he
was respected. (Hear.) He next -alluded to the
number of foreigners employed in the British mer-
chant service, and remarked that if our Government
wished to. protect England they must treat the sea-
men better than they had hitherto done.
Mr. GRAHAM next addressed the meeting. He
said that he had been in the navy, and was not
afraid to go again. (Hear.) They must under-
stand that he was what they called an efficient dis-
ciplined man. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) He
could load "a musket, work a gun, follow a division
of boarders, and if it came to a push- he could lead
them. (Hear.) He, however, was not the man to be
caught by a bounty of £lO or even of £lOO.
(" Hear, hear," and laughter.) He wanted some-
thing more beneficial to his wife and children in

case anything happened to him. (Hear.) The dis-
cipline in the navy was strict, and it needed to be
so. There must be attention to duty and obedience
to officers. No prospect, however, was held out for
such as him joining the navy. He had been three
years in the service, int if -he was going back he
could not expect to re rated as a petty officer over
the heads of those who had served 10 or 12 years.
(Hear.) Before a man was promoted he must do

something to entitle him to the promotion. It must
also be seen that he was fit for the pi-ado that it was
intended to p'romo'te him to.
Mr. A. LESLIE. having spoken, - • •
Captain Pim•rose to reply to the various observa-
tions which had been made. There appeared to be
certain prejudices entertained against entering the
Royal Navy, but- he hOped that when the Gorgon
arrived in the Tyne, they would be removed. They
would then be able to see how things were con-
ducted on board of a man-of-war. (Hear.) Refer-
ence had been trade to ',men being distressed. Who
had been in the navy. It was not so bad as repre-
sented. Tbo'se who -conducted themselves properly
were cared for. Of' course, if a man left with a
bad character he could not expect to receive assist-
ance. They must not take it for granted that all
those men whbm they saw in the streets • excit-
ing charity had been on board of Teen-of-war
because they had a sailor's dress. Certainly
not. He had overhauled one of those characters
the other day in North Shields, and he discovered
that he knew nothing at all about the sea. (Hear,
hear.) Some of them talked about coming forward
when the enemy appeared. It was ridiculous
talking in that manner. Unless they Were_ able. to
handle a musket it Was no use. They must first be
trained, and that they would require to- be,-for but
few among them knew how to handle a gun.
(Hear, hear.) With respect to the "press," he
grritnhge nayto a (Ilear, hear.)
Captain :'
remark whichhoped that there would. be no occasion to resort to
such a
means
Pim,after r
ofmanning
had been made about seamen receiving half-pay,
said the suggestion respecting shorter periods of
service was a very sensible one. With respect_ to
the wages, he was of opinion that those given in
the navy were better than those paid in the mer-
chant service. In regard to promotion in the navy,
Captain Pim said if Mr. Graham, one of the pre-
vious speakers, would produce a certificate that he

had served on board of a man-of•war, he would
enter and rate hinr as a petty officer nil board the
Gorgon. (Cheers.)

Three hearty- cheers were given for the Mayor,
who, in acknowledging them, proposed that a simi-
lar compliment should be paid to Captain Pim.
This was accordingly done, with an - additional
cheer for the first man who volunteered. The pro-
ceedings then terminated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—May 13.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before Mr.
Justice Wightman and Common Juries.)
THE QUEEN T. CLERK.

This was a prosecution by way of a quo warranto
to try the right of the defendant to exercise the
office of town councillor for the borough of Liver-
pool. He was elected for St. Paul's ward, and sat
and voted in the council.
After documentary and other evidence had been
adduced to prove that he was disqualified for the
office, owing to his .residing beyond the boun-
daries of the borough,
The jury returned a verdict for the Crown.
THE QUEEN V. HIGGINS AND ANOTHER.

This was an indictment charging the defendants
with conspiring to defraud Mr. Charles Gruneberg,
of Chelsea, of a large sum of money. It was re-
moved by certiorari on the application of the de-
fendants from the Central Criminal Court into this
court.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine now applied, on the
part of Higgins, for the postponement of the case
until next term, on the ground chiefly of the
absence of a material witness.
The Court acceded to the application on the
payment of costs.
The case was accordingly postponed.
SUTTON V. GILBERT.

This action was brought by John Sutton, of No.
1, Upper Grosvenor-street, Bedford-square, against
Grafton Gilbert, the publisher, in Paternoster-row,
to recover a sum of £62 Bs. 3d., being the amount
he claimed in respect of certain medical books
which he had printed and entrusted to the defen-
dant for sale upon commission.
Mr. Prentice and Mr. Gordon Allen were for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Edward James and Mr. Patchett
for the defendant.
It seemed that the plaintiff, who was described
as a medical student, printed three books, one on
" Spermatorrhcea," another on the "Physiology
of Women," and a third on " Consumption,
bearing the name of Dr. Sidney Hall as the
author, and employed the defendant, whose name
was inserted on the title page as publisher, to sell
them upon the usual commission charged by the trade.
The plaintiff, according to his own account, became
acquainted with Dr Hall, who possessed considerable
experience in a particular description of complaints,
a few years ago, and entered into a mutual arrange-
ment with him for the publication of these works.
Before, hoWever, it was carried out Dr. Hall started
for America, and the plaintiff determined to extend
the manuscripts which he had left behind, and to
publish them on his own account. The defendant
objected to pay the money to the plaintiff, on the
ground that it belonged to Dr. Hall, with whom he
had entered into the contract for the sale of the
works.
The plaintiff, who was a very young man, ad-
mitted, in cross-examination, that he had advertised
himself to the world as Dr. Sutton, M.R.C.S., as
John Sutton, F.R.C.S., and 'as John Sutton, M.D.,
although he had never taken any one of those de-
grees. He so described himself for the purpose of
selling the books which he brought out. (Laughter.)
One book was directed against quackery. (Laugh-
ter.) He had been a medical student at. St. Bar-
tholomew's Hospital. He had published some
books- in the name of Isaac Palmer Hall, who was
a friend of one of his assistants, but he had never
seen him. (Laughter.) Witness then said he was
once charged at Clerkenwell Police-court for pub
lishing a libel, but he was not then also charged
with extorting money. It was not said he had
demanded money from the person against whom he
published the libel. The charge was withdrawn.
He was taken into custody by the police. He was
not found under a' trap door in the floor of his
room, but he was in the cellar hiding from the
police. (Laughter.) Blott; his assistant, did not
state in the Insolvent Court that a patient came
from Dublin and paid him (witness) a fee of ten
guineas and afterwards gave him a promissory note
for £l5O. Witness did not receive those moneys.
Blott did not express his sorrow for lending him
self to such frauds, and obtain an indemnity against
prosecution from the opposing creditors. The re-
port of the proceedings at the police-court in the
Dispatch headed " The Notorious Dr. Sutton" was
incorrect, and an action was pending in respect of
it. The witness then said-that he still advertised
that the poor could see Dr. Ha-11 gratis, at No. 1,
Upper Gower-street, Bedford-square.
Mr. Edward James, on the part of the defen-
dant, contended that the contract was made with
Dr. Hall, who, from the plaintiff's own representa-
tion, was a real person now in Canada, and said
that if the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff,
Dr. Hall could, on his return to this country,
compel the defendant to pay the money over again.
Mr. Gilbert, the defendant, deposed that when
the contract to sell the works was entered into the
plaintiff came to his shop with another person,
whom he represented as Dr. Sidney Hall. He
said Dr. Hall wished him to publish the works for
him, and he consented to do so, and to receive the
books upon sale or return, with the usual com-
mission. On several other occasions the plaintiff
again called at the shop with the same person.
Cross-examined—l have got the money I re-
ceived for the books. I have paid it to no one,
but as soon as Dr. Hall claims it he will have it at
once. I came into possession of my father's busi-
ness all at once. My father took the benefit of the
act twice. I cannot say of my own knowledge
how many more times he did so. As far as I know,
it may be two or three hundred times. (Laughter.)
My uncle bought the business nnder a bill of sale
from the sheriff. My father is now my manager.
I did not state in the Insolvent Court that I had
known the plaintiff in the name of Dr. Sidney
Hall. I said I knew he sometimes used the name
of Hall. The first time I knew that was when I
saw in the newspaper the report of the case at
Clerken well Police-court, in which he was described
as Dr. Sutton, alias Dr. Sidney The learned judge having summed up,
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff,
damages £62, to be reduced to £52, if the books
remaining unsold were returned within a week.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. '
(Sittings at Nisi Pius in Middlesex.—(Before Mr.
Justice Williams and a Common Jury.)
TUNKS T. ELPRICK.
This was an action to recover damages for
slander.
Mr. Iluddleston and Mr. Charnock appeared for
the plaintiff; and Mr. Skinner and Mr. Dowdeswell
for the defendant.

• The plaintiff in this case, in September last, pur-
chased of Mrs. Read the business of ebutcher, in
East Moulsey, and paid £lOO for goodwill and
fixtures. The defendant had been for many years
a butcher in the same village. The plaintiff's case
was that in a conversation in February last between
the defendant, Mr. Greaves, and Mr. Furber, the
then keeper of the New Inn, but who had since
died, Greaves said that two diseased cows had passed
his house, and that the boy who drove them in•
formed him that they were going to the premises
of Mr.- Baldry, a cattle dealer, -at -Twickenham.
The defendant said, " They do not send them so far
now ; there was one from Mr. Taylor's slaughtered
in this village last week." He added, that it was
killed at the plaintiff's shop. He also said
that Dr. Roberts (the farrier), in passing the
shop; had noticed the meat, and said that, unless
the authorities of the village interfered, he would
give information to the police • that he did not
consider the meat fit forhuman food. He also said
it was publy known that one of Mr. Taylor's de-
ceased beasts had been slaughtered the previous
week at the plaintiff's. On another occasion, in the
coffee-room of the New Inn, the defendant said, in
the presence of a witness named Howard, to
a man named Payne, " We shall have some cheap
beef." Payne said, " How is that ?" and the de-
fendant answered, " My neighbour, Tuuks, has
killed one of Taylor's diseased cows, which was
driven down in the- dark." He said a policeman
watched to see where it went to, and that the beef
in the shop did not look fit to eat. The witness,
Howard, admitted that he had formerly been in the
defendant's service, and ten years ago he was tried
on a charge of receiving some beef stolen from the
defendant, but was acquitted.
Mr. Taylor said he had sold two heifers to the
plaintiff for £25 155., and they were both
healthy and sound, though many of the animals
at the time on his farth were very badly diseased.
There was other evidence to show that the meat
was good, and Mr. Roberts denied that he had ever
said that there was diseased meat in the plaintiff's
shop.
The plaintiff and his wife were called to show
the injury sustained in consequence of the slander.
In September the takings in the plaintiff's shop
were about £5 a week, but in January the amount
had risen to nearly £4O. After the slander the
amount decreased largely, and last week the plain-
tiff only took £3 ss. Bd.
• On the other hand the defendant was called, and
he denied ever having uttered the slanderous words
imputed to him. Payne also denied the use of the
words said by Howard to have been spoken in his
presence.
named 'Hewitt, stated that he had
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seen some beef at the plaintiff's shop which was of
the colciur of Mahogany, and ha suggested to Mrs.
Tunkg that 'she should not keep it in the front of
the shop.
- The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages £5O.