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

rliE SON, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1866.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

BOW-STREET.

THE FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT. - Captain William
Henry Ellis was placed before Sir T. Henry on remand,
charged in conjunction with a seaman named Peters, to
answer the charge of having enlisted English seamen to
serve under a foreign flag, contrary to the provisions of
the Foreign Enlistment Act.
The first witness examined this morning was
George Shand, who said ho was a native of Shields, and
he met Ellis at Sunderland, who asked him if he wanted a
ship. Ho told him he did, and he then agreed to rign ar-
ticles. He was told the vessel was the Al. The witness
said it looked to him as if she was like the Alabama, when
Ellis said he did not make much mistake. He was to have
£1 10s. a month. He was told the voyage was to be a
yachting one on the Chilian coast for two years. They
were shipped on board the Gretton Hall, but before they
could be put on board the A 1 they were brought back by
the ship Caledonia to Portland Roads.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—He would not undertake
to swear that the articles that wore read out did not state
-that the voyage was to be a yachting voyage for two
years. Nothing was said about bringing the men back to
England. He did not ,know what the chests contained,
but they looked like arm chests. He had been in the Con-
federate service during the last war, and passed there as
Francis Hammond.
The witness Kelly, who was examined on a former
occasion, was recalled, and said Captain Ellis was present
when he signed the articles. Shand signed at the same
time as he did. When he did so he could not closely
examine the articles, as there were a great many persons
present. Ile was under the impression that they were to
sign for a two years' voyage under the Chilian flag. The
name of the ship was mentioned as the A 1, and the voyage
was to last for two years. Nothing was said about bring-
ing us back to England.
Re-examined—Re could not say that the articles ex-
pressed that it was to be a yachting voyage. Capt. Ellis
told him it was to be so.
James Newland.—Resided in the East India-road, and
on Thursday he was at the Union public-house at Lime-
house in the early part of July. He saw Peters there,
and Bray and Hickson. He was asked by Peters if
he wanted a ship. He replied yes, and he was asked to
sign for a vessel that was going to take a run for Peru.
He said he would sign. He did so, and was told that his
rating would be settled when he got aboard the ship. He
was to have £4 10s. as A. 8., and £6 10s. if lie was rated
as seaman gunner. He got an advance note fur £9,
and took it to Hatton Garden and got it paid.
Ile was told by Peters that some body would meet
us the following morning at Fenchurch station. He saw
several men there all going to the same ship. He had a
railway ticket given him, and he was told to go to Til-
bury. He got into the train, and went as directed. Geo.
Smith was in the same train. When we got to Tilbury we
went on board the passenger steamer, and went from there
to Southend pier, and after remaining there some time
vi ere put on board two tugs, taken to Margate, and put on
board the Gretton Hall off the Tongue Light. There were
200 men in all. There was a disturbance on board the ship,
in consequenc3 of its becoming known that the men were
to be taken for a three years' voyage under the Chilian flag.
Ellis then told us we could all leave the ship if we chose,
but there was no means afforded us of doing so, as the tugs
were steaming off. He and about eleven others got on
board one of the boats, and eventually the tug took them
on board, and they returned to Gravesend the same day.
At this point the examination was again adjourned, the
defendants being admitted to the same bail as on the former
occasion.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A BARMAID CHARGED WITH ROBBERY.—Mary Jane
Stanterford, about 16 years old, barmaid in the employ of
Mr. Benjamin Overton, of the Old Chesterfield Arms,
Shepherd-street, Mayfair, was charged before Mr. Flowers
with stealing cigars and other articles, the property of her

master.
Mr. Overton said that for some time past he had sus-
pected the prisoner, who was his barmaid, of robbing him.
On Sunday last she went cut and never returned, and in
consequence of one of his children telling him that the pri-
soner had taken some money trom the till he communi-
cated with the police, and went yesterday to the prisoner,
who was staying with her aunt in Bateman's-buildings,
Soho, and ordered her to return with him, and she did so.
He then gave her into custody, and on the officer search-
ing her box some cigars, stockings, and other articles (his
property) were found, and the prisoner acknowledged tak-
ing three shillings from the till. The prisoner had been
laying out money extravagantly, and had told a person
named Norton not to let Mrs. Overton know what she
bought.
Philip Shrives, 82 C, proved being sent for, and taking
the prisoner into custody for stealing different articles and
money from the till. The prisoner denied three or four
times taking any money, but afterwards admitted that she
took three shillings from the till on Sunday. On searching
the prisoner's box he found the cigars and other articles
produced.
Mrs. Overton, wife of the prosecutor, identified the pro-
perty produced, and stated on coming down stairs on Sun-
day afternoon she found a man who acted as potman
stupidly drunk, and the next morning he told her that the
prisoner had given him half a pint of gin to drink. From
inquiries she had made she found that the prisoner had
been spending a good deal of money of late, and she had
no doubt the prisoner had robbed them to some extent.
Mr. Flowers remanded the prisoner.

The late Fight between Mace and Goss.

(From the Pall Mall Gazette.)
The Star, at great length and with great disgust,
reports the fight for the championship between
Messieurs Mace and Goss. From the way in which
the encounter is described, itis evident that the Star
either employed a converted sporting reporter for
the occasion, or else that the editor doctored a re-
port originally written in the conventional ring
dialect. We are told at the outset, that yesterday
morning took place " one of those wretched exhibi-
tions which still continue to have some charms for
a certain class—though we are happy to assert it,
a small class—of the community." Small and con-
temptible as the class may be, the Star, being a
paper of universal philanthropy, gives it nearly
a column of the details of the " disgraceful
proceedings." The reporter is clearly a gentle-
man not altogether unknown to the Fancy, for
he says, " Nat whispered knowingly in our ear that
the office was St. Paul's Pier, five o'clock punctual ;' "
but no one would ever suspect it from the " bewtifle,
morl, religious, and honrabble toan"—as Mr.
Yellowplush would say—in which he writes. Occa-
sionally, it is true, the Old Adam gets the better of
him. He cannot keep down his admiration of the

" fine leoline appearance" of Mace's head (this is
an improvement on the stereotyped " bull-dog mug"
of the sporting papers), or his regret that the same
gentleman " below the thighs seemed very much
shrunken, and not at all like the man who fought
Tom King;" and he talks about " first blood," and
" slipping down" in the regular way, just as Mrs.
Gamp, after asserting her aversion to ardent spirits,
" took off the dram in quite a scientific manner."
But in the main he writes in a strain of charming
innocence. instead of rounds he chronicles " bouts,"
or " meetings ;" what coarser-minded scribes call
" hot uns," he describes as " terrific blows," and he
concludes with the fine moral sentiment, " though
we may in some measure admire their hardihood,
their disgraceful exhibition must provoke the greatest
disgust." On the whole, we incline to the second
of the two theories we have suggested, that the
report came in the usual carnal and unconverted
state in which it would naturally come from an
ordinary fighting reporter, and that the editor, in
order to afford the greatest happiness to the greatest
number, has endeavoured to meet the wishes of all
parties by putting on a moral head and tail, and
scoring out such words as " round," " chancery,"
" nut," " breadbasket," &c., to substitute terms
less technical and offensive. We should like very
much to see an evangelical novel constructed on the
same principle out of some of the works of Paul
Feval.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

LONDON, Aug. B.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; moderate breeze anct fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
CLYDE, Aug. 7.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—J. M. May,
from Huelva.

FALMOUTH, Aug. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sarah
Payson, from Matanzas. Aug. 7.—Arrived—Charlottel
from Havannah.

OFF LIvERPOOL, Aug. s.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Sir
R. G. 3l'Donald, from St. Stephens.
QTJEENSTOWN, Aug. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Annie
Whitburn, from Jamaica ; Eliza Taylor, from Havannah ;
G. W. Harris, from Phiadelphia.
BRISTOL, Aug. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Resebud,
from Demerara.
COWES, Aug. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Herman, from
New York, and left for Bremen.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.

Arrived, Aug: 7.—Emanuel Boutcher, from Guernsey ;
Fanny Bailey, from Tarragona ; Formosa, Calypso, and
Agamemnon, from Jamaica; Balden, from New York;
Ingeino, from Sulina.
Arrived, Aug. B.—Vesterlenden, from Hudikswall ;
Venskabet, from Montreal; Katinka, from Banhok ; Nep-
tunis, from Quebec; Veritas, from Pugwash.
Sailed, Aug. 8. Anglesey, for Melbourne ; Leaping
Water, for Kurrachee.

DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Passed.—Britannia, screw steamer, from London, for
Gibraltar; Foam, from Rangoon, for London.
Sailed.—Boughton, screw steamer, for Bordeaux ; Joseph
Straker, screw steamer, for Dieppe.

SPORTING INTELL IGENCE.

PROGRAMME OF BRIGHTON RACE CLUB RACES.
THURSDAY, Aug. 9.
The BRIGHTON CLUB STAKES (Handicap) of 10 sovs each,
h ft, with 100 added by the Club; winners of a handi-
cap after the weights are published 51b, the winner of
the Brighton Stakes 101 b extra ; weights not accumu-
lative ; to be ridden by members of the Club. New
Course. To close and name on Saturday, Aug. 4.
The CLARET STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 100 added by
the Club ; the winner of a handicap after the weights
are published 51b, and the winner of the Brighton Stakes
101 b extra •, weights not accumulative • to be ridden by
members of the Club. T.Y.C. close and name as
for the Brighton Club Stakes.
The SEVENTH BRIGHTON CLUB BIENNIAL STAKES of 10 sovs
each, with 50 added by the Club, f3r three yr olds ; colts
Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; winners (matches excepted)
once 51b, twice 81b extra; untrieds allowed 31b. Bristol
mile- 8 subs.
Gladiator, Medina (31b), Little Jess, Ada, Brimstone
(31b), (31b), Begum, (Stoneham (31b).
The EIGHTH BRIGHTON CLUB BIENNIAL STAKES of 10
sovs each, with 50 added, for two year olds ; colts Bst
101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; winners (matches excepted) once
51b, twice 81b extra; untrieds allowed 31b. T. Y.C. 21
subs.
Stradbroke (31b), ch f bliss Bateman, Lady Rose, Red
Riband, Hornet, Fairfield, Trocadero, La Fregate, Cathe-
rine, Hermit, Blinkhoolie, Ruthven, Jasper, Vidi, Rouge
Sanglier (31b), Cannon Ball, by Leamington out of
Catherine Parr, Libertine c, Gilead f, Lady Durhaml and
Brother to The Clyde.
A PLATE of 100 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 BOYS
each, for two-year-olds • colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 41b ;
winners ono 51b, twice extra; maidens allowed 41b ;
T.Y.C.
The BRIGHTON CLUB PLATE of 50 soya ; two-year-olds ist
71b, three 9st 31b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b ; three
year olds which have never won 50 sovs allowed 101 b,
maiden two year year olds which have run twice allowed
41b; the winner to be sold for 200 soSTs; if entered for
100 sovs allowed 51b, 50 121 b if exemption from sale is
claimed 141 b extra ; last half mile.
A PLATE of 100 soya, for three year olds and upwards
which have never won 100 soya; three year olds 7st 10Ib,
four Bst 81b, five, six, and aged Bst 121 b ; the winner to
be sold for 120 sovs ; T.Y.C.
A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each, with 100 added ; two year'
olds 6st 101 b, three Bst 101 b, four 9st 51b, five and up-
wards 9st 71b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the
winner to be sold for 500 sovs or carry 71b extra; if en-
tered for 100 sovs allowed 71b • the second to receive 25
sovs out of the stakes ;
A PLATE of 50 sovs, for beaten horses during the week
(two year olds excepted) ; the second to receive 10 sovs ;
gentlemen riders; T.Y.C. To enter at three o'clock,
and the weights to appear as soon after as possible.
Entries for the stakes and plates (except the two which
close on Saturday, Aug. 4, and the Beaten Plate) to be
made by seven o'clock on Wednesday evening.

Past and Prospective Importations into

America.

(From the Yew York Commercial Chronicle.)
The total imports at this port, for the fiscal year
lust closed, reach tiie very extraordinary figure of

$301,000,000. It would, perhaps,•be rash to pro-
nounce this an extravagant importation, all things

being considered. The close -of the war found us
with a general scarcity of goods. Domestic pro-
duction and importation had both been regulated
. .

with a conservative regard to supplying the wants
of the Northern markets only. The South, which
had been shut out from regular supplies of mer-

chandise for four years, had to be supplied chiefly
from this market. With nearly two and a-half

millions of bales of cotton, worth, on au average,

'orty cents per pound, the people of that section

had adequate means of supplying their large wants.
In this extraordinary condition of supply and de-
mand there was surely a basis for au unusually
large 'importation, alike for the business of last Fall

and the season just closed; perhaps it would be
more just to credit the importers with sagacity than
to charge them with recklessness in making such

ample proviiion.

At the present juncture the question presents it-
self—Are the importations of last year to be re-
garded as the measure of those for the year on which
we have entered ? For very obvious reasons we
think not. There is no longer any extreme pressure
upon the South to purchase goods; and having
supplied their more urgent necessities, they will,
perhaps, during the next season, show a disposi-

ion to economise consumption, so as to provide
lemelves with the means of producing or trading.
ft is, in fact, only through the most rigid economy,
or a series of years, that the South can recover
from the injuries it has sustained by the war. It

would, therefore, be unreasonable to expect that
the same amount of goods will be sold to the South
during this year as last. Nor does there appear to
be any reason for supposing that the Fall trade, at
least, there will be any large demand for foreign
goods for the Northern market. Since the close of
the war there has been a heavy decline in the value
of many commodities, which has limited the profits
of some, and involved not a few in actual loss. - To
the majority of traders their balance-sheet for July
Ist, 1866, affords little satisfaction ; and this lack
of commercial prosperity is quite likely to be suc-
ceeded by a contraction of expenditures among the
trading classes. At the same time the burthens of
taxation are felt with greater severity, as the internal
revenue laws are enforced more completely, which
again becomes an incentive to economy of consump-
tion.

Nor is it to be overlooked that domestic manufac-
turers are now in a position to turn out a larger
amount of products than a year ago, owing to labour
and capital having returned to their wonted chan-
nels ; and, as the result, the markets are better sup-
plied, and goods are slightly accumulating. It is
reasonable to suppose that importers will take into
consideration these facts connected with the demand,
the condition of the markets, and the production of
domestic goods.
On the other hand, the panic at London, and the
outbreak of war in Europe, have raised peculiar
difficulties in the way of importing. Just at the
time when the importers were arranging their orders
for the Fall importation the money markets of Eng-
land and the Continent were convulsed by panic ;
and notwithstanding the assuring effect produced
by our large shipments of specie, a large amount of
American commercial credits on Europe become un-
available, and orders consequently have been cur-
tailed. English merchants, owing to the loss of the
Continental trade, will probably be found willing
to credit our importers to any extent they may
desire ; but the latest private advices from London
bankers indicate that Americans are ordering with
much moderation. The German markets are, to a
large extent, closed to us by the operations of w?,r.
Military movements appear likely to centre in the
heart of the industrial States. Large numbers of
operatives have been drawn into the army, and
manufacturing operations are very extensively in-
terrupted. More than this, the transportation routes
are partially closed, and foreign credits are still de-
ranged. Under these circumstances, there can be
but little regular importation from Germany. It is
supposable, however, that should it, at a later period,
prove possible to move merchandise from the interior
to the ports, the manufacturers may consign to
this market any surplus of goods they may have on
hand.

At present the markets of France are wholly
open to us, and are likely to remain so. There will
doubtless be a disposition among importers to par-
tially make up, in the French markets, the defi-
ciencies of their purchases in Germany. But here,
again, comes in the question of credits. It is now
very generally anticipated that France will ere long
become a participant in the war ; and under this
prospect Paris bankers are becoming very conser-
vative in the matter of foreign commercial credits.
They are anxious to keep their capital within ready
control, and prefer employing it in handling secu-
rities during the large fluctuations iin their value
which naturally occur pending a period of war. The
largest of European capitalists has almost entirely
suspended his credits to the American trade from
this motive ; and it is reasonable to suppose that
others will take a similar course.
Again, it is not improbable that the losses upon
much of the Spring importation will induce impor-
ters to operate with caution for the Fall trade. The
comparatively high prices of gold, and the apparent
possibility that the premium may fluctuate vio-
lently under the derangement of our foreign, com-
mercial, and financial relations may be expected also
to deter some from importing as fully as they other-
wise would.
The foregoing considerations would appear to
point very directly to the probability of a material
reduction of our importations as compared with
those of the past fiscal year. On the other hand,
it would seem by no means improbable that we may
have very large receipts of merchandise from Great
Britain. The effects of the panic arc likely to pro-
duce dulness in the home trade ; while the serious
interruptim of her large trade with the Continent
will induce strenuous efforts to find a market for
her surplus in the United States ; so that it is pos-
sible we may have unusually large consignments
of British merchandise. We leave the reader to
form his own conclusions from these diversified
forecastings.

4,5, 6

THE MISSISSIPPI.—OId steamboat men declare
the signs of the past four or five seasons point to the per-
manent drying up of the Mississippi river, reducing it from
a stream navigable for the largest boats the whole season
to one of uncertain navigation like the Missouri, passable
at certain seasons, and the rest of the year shrunk to a
mere creek, winding along among sand-bars and shoals.
There is certainly some change taking place in our climate
that is affecting our lakes and rivers. The average of
water is steadily decreasing. Our "June rise," once as
certain as the coming of the month, has totally ceased.
Rains which would have once swelled the river severasltfeeren
now do not seem to affect it in the least. All theio went of
rivers are gradually shrinking up. But the develop
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TAILS.—AII animals,
spring from an aquatic originths
simple presence of a tail
wagging of their tails, butt
to make the fatal spring, lashes
itself. When a lion, about says (Minnesota)
not
Darwinian
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his tail, it is only
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his great-great-grandmother several millions of times re-
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a fish
his air-bladder into a lung, stiffen his four fins into
some shark-like scourge
legs, finish them off with claws, leave him his scales, or,
if your prefer it, either weld them into a pachydermatous
hide, or convert them into shaggy fur, with bristling mane
and whiskers to match ; above all, leave him his tail, which
may terminate iu a fiy-brush or in a sting, and yen have
at once a land animal, from which, if you met it in a nar-
row lane, you would probably run away. The Dragon of
Wantley was thus generated, perhaps, as well as other
monsters slain by heroes. When an animal has no tail, as
apes and others, the proof of its watery birth is none the
weaker. It dropped. its tail when it came out of the water,
as a lady leaves her bathing-dress in the machine. The
frog, for instance, when it ceases to be a tadpole, bequeaths
its tail to its younger companions.. The newt does not;
preferring to retain that appendage as an ornament in after-
life. It is a mere matter of taste and fashion. The absence
, of a tail is no guarantee whatever that any creature is not
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