The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-23 00:00:00

The Loss of the Amazon,

The court-martial appointed by the Admiralty,
under the presidency of Rear-Admiral George G•
Wellesley, C. 8., resumed and concluded its sittings
on board H.M.S. Victory, at Portsmouth, on
Saturday.
The Deputy-Judge-Advocate read the finding
and sentence of the Court as follows :

The Court are of opinion that her Majesty's late
ship Amazon was lost on the morning of the 10th
of July by coming into collision with the late steam"
ship Osprey. That the collision was occasioned by
a grave error in judgment upon the part of Sub-
Lieutenant Alfred C. Loveridge, the officer of the
watch, in putting the helm of the Amazon to star-
board, instead of to port, when first sighting the
light.of the Osprey, in contravention of the regula-
tions for preventing collisions at sea.
" That no blame is attributable to Commander
Hunter and the other officers and crew of the said
ship. That the efforts used to endeavour to save
her Majesty's said ship after collision, as well as
the lives of the crews and passengers of both ships,
reflect the highest credit on Commander Hunter
and the officers and crew of H.M.S. Amazon.

" The Court adjudge the Sub-Lieutenant A. C.
Loveridge to be dismissed from her Majesty's ser-
vice, but on account of the high character giver'
him for zeal in the service, they recommend him t 0
the favourable consideration of the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, and the said Mr. A. C.
Loveridge is hereby so sentenced accordingly.
" The Court adjudge Commander Hunter and
the other officers and crew of the said ship to 130
fully acquitted of all blame, and they are acquitted
accordingly."

The President then, handing Commander Hunter
his sword, said—" Commander Hunter, it is nog'
my pleasing duty to hand you your sword, and to
to express the gratification with which the Court
has received the testimony to the bright example
set by you to your officers and ships' company after
the collision, and which was so worthily followed.
The Court then broke up.
TT After the decision had been given Mr. Pope

Hennessey expressed on behalf of the owners of the
Osprey their sense of the strict impartiality of the
proceedings.

The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and the Son•

Misses Primrose left their residence in St. Tames's-square
on Saturday for Battle Abbey, their seat in Sussex, for a
few weeks.

TIIE NEW PEERS.—The Northampton papers
deny on authority the rumours which have been published
in some of the London papers that Sir Rainald
Bart., M.P., is to be raised to the peerage.
TIIE PORTRAIT EXHIBITION.--We understand that
the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education hav°

decided that the Exhibition of NatiOnal io;;;;;;; South

Kensington will be closed on Saturday, the 18th of August,
and that from Monday, the 6th of August, to the close, the
price of admission will be reduced to-3d. each person, and
children of schools for the poor, accompanied by thTr
teachers, will be admitted on payment of ls. for every, °°
students and ono teacher.

PARTRIDGE V. TOOMER.—A memorial is about to
be presented to the Home. Secretary, submitting for consi"
deration the case of Air. Towner, convicted before gr.
Justice She; at the late Reading Assizes, of a rape on
Georgiana Partridge. Observer.

SUICIDE OF A SOLICITOR.—On Saturday morning
a painful sensation was caused in Manchester by the an-
nouncement that Mr. Harrison Blair, a well-known solici-
tor, had committed suicide at his house in the Polygon,
Ardwick, by shooting himself through the head. The de-
ceased gentleman had become connected with some iron-
works, and it is rumoured that losses connected with these
had given him much uneasiness of mind.
WAR IN AB TSS INIA. Commercio of Cairo, under
date of July 7, states :—" A tremendous battle is
imminent between the King Theodore 11. and Gubassie,
who aspires to the crown, and has risen in opposition to the
despotism of Theodore. Vahro-Medina, the General of
Gubassie, has placed the province of Tigre under contribw
tions of men, horses, animals of all kinds, provisions, and
money. Both parties are making great preparations for
war. According to the statements of the AbyssinianS,
there will be not less than 150,000 combatants upon the field
of battle. Consul Cameron and all the other European
prisoners whom the newspapers had stated to have bee°
released are still in the King's power at Pabretabor. Thy
news is so bad that we should wish it to be contradicted,
but the source whence we have received it is one which
renders it quite deserving of credence."
THE RIOT ON NEWCASTLE TOWN Mom—At NW;
castle Assizes, on Wednesday, before Baron Martin, 1'
men—named Finlay Lloyd, Kelly, Barron, Horroclrt
Ward, Bonman, Ryan, Conley, O'Connor, and Conroy', all
quarrymen and labourers -were indicted for taking Part
in the late riot at Newcastle during the races. The chars:o
agair.st Barron was withdrawn on account of the sae°
treatment he had sustained, but the other prisoners were
found guilty, and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonmen",
with hard labour each.

The San Francisco (California) 13tilletin remarks
—" Our readers scarcely need to be told that recent at-
tempts at silk culture in California have been unifornali
succesoful. The climate is all that could be desired Nc
the purpose ; the soil is admirably adapted to the growth
of the mulberry tree ; Chinese labour, which is exactly
adapted to that business, is abundant and cheap, and it I"
by no means improbable that our State may become the
Italy or France of the United States in point of silk al'

turo.
The American whale shin Mary, of New Bedford I
arrived at Honolulu May 25, with 90 barrels of spernl°l;*
Mining stocks again declining, Ophir, $3OO ; Imperit"
107 ; Yellow, Jacket, 690 ; Belcher, 177. Legal tenders'