The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING; JANUARY 26, 1861.

result of which was that a formal representation on
the subject was made to the military authorities at
Chatham—Major-Gen. Eyre, in command of the
district, has adopted the most prompt measures to
prevent further complaints on the subject, and at
the same time to lessen, as far as possible the num-
ber of offences committed by the military within
that borough. The pickets, which until recently
nightly patrolled the streets of Rochester, are again
to do duty in that city, as well as Chatham, their spe-
cial business being to arrest all soldiers who are found
committing the slightest disturbance against public
order, as well as those who are intoxicated or absent
from barracks at improper hours. The pickets are to
perambulate the streets as far as Rochester-bridge,
beyond which no soldier not on duty is permitted
to pass. The garrison police, an important body,orga-
nised at Chatham since Major-Gen. Eyre has been
in command of the garrison, are also to extend the
boundary of their operations, so as to include Ro-
chester, with the police of which city they are to
co-operate and be in communication day and night.
Major-Gen. Eyre has also given directions that a
descriptive return of any soldier of known bad
character who may be found absent from barracks
is to be immediately forwarded to the chief constable
at Rochester, in order that the suspected man may
be watched, and if possible, arrested. The investi-
gation by the magistrates at Rochester led to the
discovery that most of the burglaries and other
crimes committed within their jurisdiction were
perpetrated by soldiers who had been furnished
with leave of absence for the night. On this impor-
tant fact being pointed out to Major• Gen. Eyre, he
at once issued an order to all commanding officers to
exercise the greatest discrimination in granting the
indulgence of allowing any soldiers to be absent
from barracks all night, especial care being taken
that leave should only be allowed to men of good
character. There seems every probability that the
judicious measures adopted by Major-Gen. Eyre
will prevent any further complaints from the Ro-
chester magistrates. As a proof of the effective
nature of the regulations for maintaining order
among the military during the time theyare allowed
to be absent from barracks, it may be mentioned
that Chatham, instead of being as formerly one of
the most disorderly military towns in the kingdom,
is now, perhaps without exception, the most orderly
of the kind, a disturbance, or any improper be-
haviour on the part of the troops being now scarcely
ever seen, notwithstanding the fact that there are
often as many as 6,000 soldiers taking their recrea-
tion in the streets during the evening.
In consequence of the commissariat system re-
cently established at Aldershot camp having been
found to work exceedingly well, the Government
has decided upon the introduction of the same sys-
tem at Chatham garrison. With this idea, a range
of building is intended to be erected on the crown
land at Camp-field, a short distance out of the town,
to be used as slaughterhouses, the troops from the
garrison being required to kill and prepare their
own meat. The present arrangement for the supply
of bread and groceries to the troops by contract
tradesmen is to be abolished, and those articles will
be furnished to the troops by the commissariat from
the Government ✓stores, upon the same system as
adopted at Aldershot.

f THE RECENT TRIAL OF ENGLISHMEN
AT BO .N.N

An event hag just occurred in Prussia which
materially affects the issue of the late trial of the
English in Bonn, and is not the leas.; remarkable
part of the affair. One of the English, it may be
remembered, had been condemned on the 24th
of December to pay 100 thalers, and four
others 25 thalers each, besides costs, the rest
being acquitted. INlany of their German
friends advised them to appeal froi this
sentence, but, at a meeting held on De 3. 26, it was
resolved not to do so. At the same time it was
agreed to defray the expenses of the trial by equal
contributions from each of the accused. This pro-
posal originated with the parties who had been
acquitted ; and, resting as it did upon the principle
of joint responsibility, which had been uniformly
maintained by all of them, was finally adopted.
The Court had, indeed, refused to recognise this
principle; but the Englishmen were still convinced
that it was just, and proved the sincerity of their
conviction by obeying it. The money accordingly
was so raised; the fees of counsel and other inci-
dental charges, amounting to about 180 thalers, or
£2B, were forthwith paid, and a larger sum was
retained for the payment of fines and costs as soon
as they should be demanded.

No one thought that a remission or modification
of the sentence was likely to follow, neither was
any attempt made to seek it. But what has
happened ? On the 2d of January, a few hours be-
fore the expiration of the time within which a❑
appeal might have been lodged, King Frederic Wil-
liam IV. of Prussia dies, and with the accession of
William I. comes the usual proclamation of pardon
of all political crimes, including the particular
class of offence of which the English had been ac-
cused. It is dated the 12th of January, and thus
the English find themselves unexpectedly relieved,
at the last moment, from all penalties. Unfortu•
nately, the relief comes in such a shape as to make
it impossible for any one to regard it either as
an act of justice or-tan act of favour. It rests
not upon any consideration of the real merits of
the case, but is, logically speaking, a mere acci-
dent, confessedly beyond the control, and perhaps
even contrary to the expectation and wish, both
of the judges who passed and of the superior
authorities who may have reviewed the sentence.
Had the English been allowed any choice in
the matter, it is certain that they would, one
and all, have preferred to free themselves from the
condemning power of the law by paying the re-
quired penalty, than to be forced to pass, as they
now are, through the door of escape opened for
them, in company with all the turbulent and sedi-
tious men who hoisted the standard of revolution in
1848-9, and other like offenders. No one, indeed,
grudges the pardon which Prussian refugees are at
length about to receive ; but, as Englishmen were
not accomplices of their crimes, they have no desire
to be sheltered now beneath the cloak of their im-
punity, and would be glad, if it were possible, to
dispense with it. This is an indulgence, however,
not likely to be granted;
Since the English trial at Bonn, a trial of two
native Prussians has taken place at Cologne, which
calls for notice as an example of the strange
inconsistency that marks the administration
of justice in the Rhenish provinces. Two num-
bers of the Cologne Advertiser were lately
seized by the police on account of the dangerous
tendency of their leading articles. One of these,
exposing the abominations lately brought to light
at Berlin through the Stieber trial, found its way
into the Times, and its readers cannot have for-
gotten the severity of its denunciations against the
system of misrule which prevails in the Prussian
head-quarters of justice and police. The charge
upon which the author of the articles and the editor
of the paper were accused was that of having
" excited hatred and contempt against the Govern-
ment of the State through their misrepresenta-
tions,"—a charge little short of high treason.
Yet the sentence passed on the 4th of January on
the men judged guilty of it was the imposition
of a fine of 20 thalers upon the author of the
article, and of 10 thalers upon the editor of the
paper. On the other hand, in Bonn, where English-
men only protested in self-defence against an
official for misconduct which drew down upon
him the censure of his own Government--where,
in point of fact, they had been " more sinned
against than sinning,"—the author of the protest
was condemned to pay 100 thalers, and four others
who signed it to pay 25 thalers each, besides costs.
No one has yet been found bold enough to under-
take the task of explaining why in these two
neighbouring towns of Rhenish Prussia, both
governed by the same laws, this startling dispro-
portion between the crimes alleged against native
Prussians and English residents, and the sentences
passed upon them, should have been exhibited
within the same fortnight in their respective courts
of justice ! Yet surely the question is one which
calls for explanation, and ought to receive it. The
Royal amnesty, indeed, to which reference has been
just made, may render the sentences in each
instance null and void; but no amnesty can screen
or blot out the record of palpable injustice which
has thus been attempted to be done.—Times.

ELOPEMENT OF A CLERGYMAN WITH
A FOUNG LADY TEACHER.

Considerable excitement has taken place in the
borough of Ashton-under-Lyne during the week,
in consequence of authenticated statements having
been extensively circulated that a well-known
minister of the Church of England, in Ashton-
under-Lyne, whose name for the present we with-
bold, had eloped with a young lady, the teacher of
a young ladies' school, in the same borough. Our
correspondent is informed that the rev. gentleman
had long been suspected of having an improper in-
timacy with the lady in question, and that on his
being watched, it was found he visited the back of
her house, and that a card or a piece of paper was
often in the window containing a few hints, such.
as " Manchester at such and such a time." A soli-
citor in the borough was consulted, and he set a
Manchester detective on the scent; and the other
day the detective took his railway fare in the same
train as the rev, gentleman and his amatory com-
panion, and ultimately the three found themselves
in Worcester. The worthy couple put up at an
hotel, and the detective opposite, and the next
morning he ascertained that they had passed the
night together. At first the worthy hostess was
determined to make them pack off, bag and bag-
gage; but, at the urgent request of the detective,
she consented to let him have ocular demonstration
of the man's infidelity. Accordingly, about twelve
o'clock the next night the chambermaid knocked
at the bedroom door of the excellent couple, and
told his reference that a gentleman wanted him.
The detective was thereupon asked into the bed-
room, and held an interesting conversation with
both of Pthem. This disgrace to the Church is a
married man with a family, but has long been
estranged from his wife. He is at least 40 years of
age, whilst the lady is about 21. We understand
that a divorce will be sought for by the wife, and
that full evidence of the facts of the case have
already been laid before the bishop.—Manchester
Examiner.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 25.

SOUTHWARK.—ABANDONMENT OF A VESSEL
BY THE CREW.—SINGULAR CASE.—Mr. Samuel
Bullray, the captain of the William and James
(barque), belonging to the port of London, was
summoned before Mr. Burcham, to show cause why
he refused to pay wages due to three of his crew,
under very singular circumstances.
It appeared that on the sth of December last the
complainants joined the vessel at Rochester, and
shipped to go to Shields and ba.ek for £4 .ss. the
voyage. They quitted Rochester tbat day to fetch
a cargo of coals, and on 3d Jan. left Shields with the
cai-go on their return voyage. On the same night
they we;-: overtaken with a storm, and had tc b work
at the pumps until the sth, when they abank coned
the vessel off Tynerf,euth. They were picked up a
steamer and conveyed to Leith, and afterwards sent
to London by the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society.
The captain lied in Bermondsey, and of i their
applying to him for their wages, amounting to
£4 53. each, he refused to pay them, coat ending
that they had not fulfilled their contract by taking
the vessel back to Rochester.
Mr. Burcham asked where the vessel was now.
The defendent said she was at Shields under
repair, and he should require the complainants to
work her back to Rochester. They had signed
articles for that.
Mr. Burcham—But the vessel Was abandoned,
and that ended the contract.

Captain—The crew left the vessel.
The mate, who was one of the complainants, said
that they were all worn out, and could not work
the vessel any longer ; therefore they took to the
boat.
Mr. Burcham—Did you receive orders from the
captain to abandon her ?
Bate—Yes, sir. He ordered us to lower the boat,
and he got in with us, and then we all abandoned
the vessel. _ _

Mr. Burcham.—l am of opinion that these men
are entitled to their wages, as it waq similar to a
shipwreck, and their contract was fin ishrid•
Mr. llelsham, who attended from the ulffice of
Mr. Thatcher, for the defendant, considered that
the contract was not fulfilled, inasmuch as to.''
vessel was recovered and put in repair to go to
Rochester.

Mr. Burcham asked whether the cargo was saved.
Mr. Helsham replied that it was. In f..ct every-
thing was saved.
The sailors here said that they were brought to
London by the society, and had since had to main-
tain themselves the best way they could.
Mr. Burcham observed that the captain ought to
have given the seaman notice to hold themselves in
readiness until the ship was repaired, as he knew
where they were, and also provide for their wants
in the meanwhile. What were the men to do
under the circumstances. He must make an order
on the defendant to pay the money forthwith.
BENEVOLENCE.-Mr. Burcham received the fol-
lowing contributions to the poor-box :—From M.
F. L., £lO, Bank of England note, sent on Satur-
day; Post-office order for 12s. for the relief of the
poor ; half a £5 note from a Lady ; a cheque for
£5 from C. W. ; and F. R. ss. The cheque received
from DT. A. W. was acknowledged on Saturday.
During the whole of the day the court was be-
sieged with women, many of them, however, of a
low condition, who almost made a demand for bread
and coal tickets. They were informed that in the
morning seven thousand tickets had been forwarded
to ministers of all denominations, Scripture readers,
ragged schoolmasters, and others for distribution,
as it was impossible to give them away at the
court.

One hundred bread tickets were given to Mr.
Jeffrey for the Bermondsey Soup Kitchen, and a
like number for one in Saint George's. Up to the
present time 40,000 tickets have been issued from
the funds of the poor-box of the court.