The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-25 00:00:00

Extensive preparations have beran made at Chat-
ham Dockyard for the launch of the large steam
screw corvette Racoon, 22 guns, which will take
place this afternoon shortly after 1 o'clock. The
dockyard gates will be thrown open to the public
at 12 o'clock, and, in order to accommodate the
officials and others connected with the dockyard
and garrison, a gallery has been erected near the
bows of the vessel capable of containing a large
number of spectators. The Racoon has been only
about ten months building. Her extreme length is
229 feet 6 inches; and burden 1,462 tons. She has
been constructed- under the direction of Mr. Laine,
the master shipwright.
The Princess Charlotte, 104, three-decker, was
ordered to be commissioned yesterday at Ports-
mouth by Captain St. Vincent King, C. 8., for
service on the China station.
The Agamemnon, 91, screw, was taken under
the shears at Portsmouth yesterday %and masted,
and taken into dock again to be fitted for imme-
diate commission.
The Sylph merchant steamer arrived at Ports-
mouth ou Thursday from the Channel Islands with
200 of the 72d Regiment, and sailed again the
same evening for Guernsey, and will bring over the
remainder of the regiment.
The Assistance screw steam troopship was com-
missioned at Portsmouth on Thursday by Mr. D. J.
T Louttid, Master, R.N., for Commander W. A.
J. Heath, and the Adventure screw ste.rmship was
commissioned at the same time by Mr. George H.
Stabb, Master, R.N., for Commander E. Lacy.
These ships are to be rigged as barks, which is far
better for them and much handier for their crew.
Vice-Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, K.C. 8., re-
turned to Portsmouth ou Thursday evening, and
reboisted his flag on board the Victory.
The Sphinx, 6, paddle-wheel frigate, Commander
A. P. E. Willmot, arrived at Spithead yesterday
morning for the westward with a detachment of
Royal Marines. She is ordered to be paid off at
Portsmouth, and placed in the second division of the
steam reserve, for which purpose she went into
harbour yesterday.
In consequence of the strong wind and sea no-
thing could be done toward weighing the Coast-
guard cutter Curlew (which ves,et was run down,
as stated, by the steamvessel Baron Osy) except
preparing the gear for raising her, which was being
dune when the Lizard steartivessel left the African
near the Curlew on Thursday evening.
The screw gunboat Lively was taken into No. 4
dry dock yesterday at Sheerness for a general refit
of her bJilers, engines, &c., and for repairing her
hull.

Lord Campbell—Let errors be assigned. The
Crown joins instanter.

Mr. Russell—He also prays oyer of the record
of the inquisition against h;m.
Lord Campbell—Let it b read.
(This record was also taken as read.)
Mr. Russell—He prays leave to assign errors in
that record also.

Lord Campbell—Let it be so.
Mr. Russell—He also prays the court to assign
him counsel to argue the point of law in his behalf.
Lord Campb4i—Counsel will be assigned to him.
Mr. Russell—The names of the counsel the pri-
soner wishes to have appear to that paper. (Hand-
ing a slip of paper to the court.) lam further in-
structed to move to have the case put down in the
crown Riper.
Lord Campbell—Let it beput down in that paper.
Mr. Russell—The prisoner wishes to have the case
argued on the 2d of May.
Lord Campbell—Let it be argued on the 2d May.
Mr. Russell—Will the court men!ion any time ?
Lord Campb-11—At the sitting of the court. Let
the prisoner in the meantime be committed to her
Majesty's gaol of Newgate, and brought up again
when the arguments take place on his writ of error.
The prisoner was then removed in custody.

The Admiralty have ordered that immediately
the Vesuvius is ready to leave Sheerness she is to
proceed to Devonport, where she will complete her
crew of petty officers and able seamen.
The Terrible is now in No. 1 dry dock, Sheer-
ness, fitting for the pendant. The cylinders of the
Terrible are 72 inches diameter, and she has
worked up to 2,200 horse power. We stated in
error her cylinders were 74 inches, and that she
had worked up to 2,000 horse power.
The Emperor, new steam yacht, destined as a COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
present from her Majesty to the Emperor ofJapan, (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster.--Before
arrived at Sheerness on Thursday to have some Mr. Baron Watson and Common Juries.)
alterations made in the officers' cabins and the RING v. WELBURN.—BREACH OF PROMISE OF
mess bettfis of the crew, dec. She left yesterday at MARRIAGE.
3 p.m. for Portsmouth, where Lieutenant-Com- This was an action brought to recover damages
mender John Ward (b) is expected to receive his for a breach of premise of marriage, and the de-
final orders previous to his departure for Japan. fendant pleaded that he did not promise as alleged.
The Emperor bas a raised poop-deck the entire Mr. Knowles and Mr. Cleasby appeared for the
length of the saloon, which gives seven feet deer plaintiff, and Mr. Chambers and Mr. Price were
height from deck to beam. The saloon is entirely for the defendant.
of maple wood ; all the fore part of the saloon is The learned counsel, in opening the case, said
fitted with mirror panels, richly cut and the plaintiff, Miss Alicia King, was the daughter
figured. On the floor is laid a richly painted of a Mr. John King, a surgeon at Ampleforte, in
oiled canvas, over which is a magnificent Genoa Yorkshire, and the defendant was Mr. John E .B.
velvet carpet. The curtains and coverings of Welburn, an undergraduate of Sr. Catherine Hall,
the couches and chairs are of green satin, em- Cambridge, and the son of the curate if Nether
broidered with gold. The tables are all covered Poppleton, in the same) county. In 1855 both the
with green Genoa velvet ; the bed eabinearesuperlely families were on a visit to Scarborough, and the de-
fitted with similar furniture ; the bathroom is fitted fendant began to pay marked attentions to the plain-
completely in the Turkish style. The smoking chair tiff; he wrote a letter to her father asking his con-
for the Emperor is of unique manufac ure. In the sent to marry her, and represented himself to be in
upper deck of the saloon is a magnificent and spa- a position to get married. The plaintiff's father,
cious skylight, adapted to be opened all round when being very intimate with the defendant's family,
necessary for extra vent lat ion. The following of- gave his consent to the marriage, which was fixed cers proceed with her :—Lieut.-Commander John to take place in October last. For some reason the
Ward, Mate John D'Arcy Irvine, Assist.-Sureeen wedding was to take place iu London, and at the re-
David Courtney, and Second-Master John F. R. quest ,f the defendant the plaintiff's brother, who
Aylen. She is fore and att rigged, with three lived in London, took lodgings for her in London,
masts. Her engines alone, which are two 30-hors- until they were married. Toe plaintiff according),
power condensing engines, propel her from eight to went to town, but the defendant did not meet her,
nine knots per hoer in a seaway. In smooth water and she wrote several letters to him, which he took
it is calculated she will attain from 10 to 12 knots no notice of, but eventually wrote the following
per hour. letter to her father :
A very numerous meeting, composed of the clergy
"
and most influential inhabitants of Woolwich and " Catharine College, Cambridge, Nov. 1, 1856.
Plumstead Sir,—A great rumour has been afloat for some time
, assembled yesterlay evening in the that it was my intention to marry. I write to ask if you
Town-hall, Woolwich, to devise and discuss the can tell tne who are the originators and promulgators of
best means to assist the discharged artisans such a falsehood ? I keep constantly hearing from the
and labourers in their desire to emigrate to Ca- neighbourhood of Arnpleforth about it—that though my
nada. Lieut.-General Sir W. Codrington occupied father was unwilling I was going against his wishes. No.
the chair, and read a letter which he had addressed Had such been the case I would never have done it ;
to Lord Paumure, together with the reply, inform- nor much more when the scandalous report is nothing ing him that his department had not the means of more than a wilful falsehood.—l am, yours,
complying with his request in behalf of the men. "J. E. E. WELBURN."
Sir William then proposed the plan of raising sub-
The plaintiff, upon bearing of the defendent's
scriptions from the town and country at large with
behevieur, bec ime alarmingly ill, and two me sioal
the endeavour to realise their project, and of men were in constant atten lance upon her ; and
the present action was brought for compensation
urging the Government as a duty to contribute
tewards the fund. A number of gentlemen ad-
for the heartless manner iu which she had been
dressed the meeting with much energy on the sub-
treated by the defendant.
ject, and Mr. C. H. Graham proposed an appeal to Miss Lucy King was then called, and said her
father, who was a surgeon, resided at Arupleferth,
the Prime Minister himself, urging the justice of
the men being treated with the same liberality as inYorkshire, with his family. The defendant's father
was a cleigyrnan and had been for a long time the
the German Legion, who, when their services were
curate at Ampleforth. She knew the defendant,
no longer required, were provided with homes and
grants of laud. The Rev. Mr. Ackworth re- who was at college at Cambridge. When he was
marked that as the press had given publicity
at home he used frequently to pay visits at their
to their cause, they would speedily receive house, and used to pay attention to her sister
abundant funds for their object, and if the Alicia. On the Ist of January he went to their
o.
country would only lend them a couple of lrnise in the evening and gave her sister a diamond
and pearl ring. He expressed a wish that
.she
ships the inhabitants of 'Woolwich and Plurnstead
would g ally furnish the stores. A number of rase-
should wear it at a party which they were going to
lutions were subsequently agreed to, appointing a at his father's house on the 3d Janu.ry. At the
committee, treasurer, and secretaries for collecting same lime he made a proposal of marriage to her.
the funds, headed by Major Gen. Sir F. Williams, He asked her if she would marry him in the follew-
commandant of Woolwich garrison. Most of the ing May, but she said she should not be prepared
gentlemen present entered their names for Si. each, until October, and it was put off until that time.
to which was finally annexed the name of the chair- The defendant was very persevering in his atteu-
man for 25/. Applause and acclamation greeted tions to the plaintiff, and they frequently walked
this announcement, and the meeting separated. out together. It was arranged that they should
The screw steamship Doris, 32, recently launched be married in London, whe: e the plaintiff went to
at Pembroke, was towed on Thursday by the Con- in October. She followed her sister in a few days.
fiance and anothee steam-tug from Plymouth Sound She was to have been brill. smaid. Everything was
into Hamoaze, preparatory to her going into Key- prepared except the wedding dress, and the &fen-
ham-yard to receive her engines. In consequence dant said he should buy that himself in London.
of a merchant ship being at anchor in the Channel All their friends at Ampleforth knew the revs ..n
the Doris grounded for a short time on the Winter why the phintiff went to London. When she left
Shoal in the Sound. she bid all her friends adieu. When witness got
The steam-sloop Fury, 6, Cora. C. T. Leckie, to London she found her sister in a very bad state
from Spithead, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday.l through the absence and silence of the defendant.
I The plaintiff had written twice to him, but had re-
The screw steamship Jam, s Watt, 91, Capt. T.
V. Anson, and the steam fii.eaee Eiiryalus, 51, ceived no answer. Witness also wrote a letter to
Capt. G. Ramsay, were paid off at Devonport on the defendant, telling him how ill her sister was,
Thursday. The Bosea wen, 70,
and entreating him to come and see her, hut the flagehip, will be paid I
off on Tuesday next.
I defendant took no notice of that, letter. The plan-
In The Sun of the 11th inst. it was mentioned
tiff was ill a very long time, and two medical men
;
that Cl. W. T. Crawford, 13th battalion, was ap.. I attended her.
pointed to the chief command of the Royal Artil- I
Cross-examined—The first proposal made by the
defendant to her sister was on the Ist of January
lery in China. A correspondent requests us to stare ;
that Lieut.-Colonel W. Crawford is much junior to last, in her father's house. Witness was present at
Lieut.-Colonel Dunlop, and goes out, therefore, tee time. The ring was given at the same time.
only as second in command. Lieut.-Col. R. Craw-I Her sister was 25 years old, and the defendant was
ford, senior to Col. Dunlop, is at ihe Cape ef Good 22 at the present time. Sim asked the defendant
!how he was supported at college, and he said he
faction to his superiors, there
Hope. Col. Dunlop having given complete satis-
was of no expense to his father. The defendant's eati no idea that :le l
should be superseded in the command of t mother was alive at the pre ant time. The de-
he artd-
fenclant was the eldest son, but he had two brothers
lery, although, of course, on so large a body of
troops being ordered to China, it was necessary to
arid two sisters, one of whom was called Margaret,
sennt. a general officer as Commander-in-Chief. who was 17 years old. Witness did not tell Mer-
ges et of the approaching marriage. Witness did not
The non-commissioned officers belonging to the ,
Ist W
i know that the whole thing was kept dark. She t,.ld
non-commissioned India Regiment, stationed at the provi-
sional
her own father. They went to York in August, and
battelien, Chatham, having completed a I
course of rifle instruction at the Schoolof Mils- l saw the defendant, and it was arranged that they
Petry, Hythe, under Col. C. C. Hay have left that I should go up to town to bo married. Her sister
garrison for the
did go to t 'ten in October. The lodgings in London
purpose of embarking 'at S ) .
tithamp-
ton to join the
were taken at 26, Tatclibrook etreet, Pimlico. They
head-quarters of their reiiment, to
which they will act as instructors in musketry, it consiste lof two rooms, and were to have been the
being the intention of the authorities tothe wedding apartments. The plaintiff remained in
arm.
whole of the troops of the West • London f t•and then returned
or some ,me,
India Regiments
with the Enfield Rifle.
father. The plaintiff had been a governess, but
The following appointments for the last five or six years had kept her father's
were made at the Admi-
ralty yesterday afternoon :
et. Commander—John W. Dorvill 0 the Princess Char- house
Re examined—Her sister was dangerously ill for
lotte.
Lieutenants—John E. Doran
Princes,John G. C. Evered, som 3 time.
John King, the plaintiff's father, said, he was a
and H. C. Belson, to the Princes Charlotte,
Paymaster—George R. Deighton to the surgeon, at Ampleferth, where he had resided for
Royal. princess 3U years. The defendant's father bad ben curate
Surgeons—David R. Morgan to the Aesistanc of that place for 23 years, and their families were
Daniel Carter to the Adventure. e ; intimate. In January, 1856, witness received a
Clerke-John L. Page to the Princess Charlotte, letter from the defendant, asking his consent to
Assistant Paymast. ra —John S. Moore to the vie_ marry his daughter, which he eventually gave. He
tort'; Frederick Penfold to the Princess Charlotte, was aware that they were attached to each other
Aensiane Clerk—Ed sand 11. mute to the Princes, before that. Witnees saw the defendant's father
Charlotte. in August, and he said he knew all about the
affair.

BAIBE.RS RETURNED TO TIIE .NEW
PARLIA3IENT.

Cross-examind—Witness had not always been
prosperous. lie had lost all his money in a Dur-
ham colliery swindle. lie was insolvent in 1847,
and had become so fur the purpose of clearing him-
self of those tran•aactitais. He could not have given
his daughter any money at her marriage.
Re-examined—Defendant's father was now per-
petual curate of Nether-Poppktun in Yorkshire,
where he had a very nice house.
Th' broth ,r said he had taken the lodg-
ins in London at the request of the defendant. '

(Front the London Gazette of last evenin9")
CROW Gazette
APRIL 21.
Members returned to serve in the Parliament summoned
to be hblcien at Westminster, the 30th April,
Comity of Warwick, Northern Division—Charles
-Esq.; Richard Sponger, Dq.
Newdiga t e Nowdegate,
Southern Division—Evelyn Philip Shirley, Esq.
Edvard Bolton King, Earl.

Mr. Digby Seymour appeared for the plaintiff ;
and Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Ogle were for the
defendant.
Evidence was called for the plaintiff to prove that
the goods had been supplied to the company upon
the order of Mr. Howell, the secretary, and it was
also proved that Mr. Cruikshank was one of the
directors.
Mr. Sergeant Shee then addressed the jury for
the defendant, and submitted that the mere fact of
Mr. Cruikshauk having consented to become a di-
rector would not make him liable unless he gave
authority to order the a'ods in question, and they
would find from Mr. C7-tukshank's evidence that he
had not given any authority at all.
Mr. Geo. Cruikshank was then called. He said
—I am the defendant in this action, and have been
for many years endeavouring to improve the condi-
tion of the working classes. Howell applied to me
to become a co-trustee of the company with Sir J.
Shelley, about June or July last. He told me that
a number of benevolent g,eutlemen were desirous of
establishing a life insurance company for the bene-
fit of the working classes. I consented to become
a trustee with Sir J. Shelley. Howell told me after-
wards that Sir J. Shelly was to have been the chair-
man, and recommended me to take the office of
chairman, as I was better known. I said I would see
Sir J. Shelley, but be said he was out of town. After
a good deal of solicitation I consented to act provi-
sionally. There was a list of directors with Sir J.
Shelley's name attached to it. Mot of the names
were fictitious, or had been used without any autho-
rity. The Bank of London was named as she bank
where the funds of the company were kept. I ascer-
tained that neither Sir J. Shelley nor the Bank of
London had- authorised their names to be used.
The whole of the directors repudiated it. There
were no directors, in fact. The only one was a man
whom I afterwards found out was a journeyman
bricklayer. (A laugh.)
Mr. Ogle.--Oh, the journeyman bricklayer con-
sented to honour the company and become director.
(Laugleer.)
Mr. Cruikshank.--Yes ; I discovered the fraud
and exposed it. I inquired of Mr. Howell how the
expenses of the company were to be provided for,
and he told me that Mr. Nicholl, the solicitor, was
to provide for all the expenses of the company. I
had not known Howell previous to his making this
application to me. He was a perfect stranger to
me. I attended two or three of the meetings.
After the last meeting, in the early part of August,
I went to Scotland, where I remained about three
weeks. Before I left for Scotland I might have
seen a prospectus of the company, but I never read
it. (A. prospectus of the company was here handed
to the witness.) I sea Mr. Howell is here described
as the min-ger and as a director, but he was only
the secretary. Ou one occasion I went to the office
of the company by the invitation of Rowell, and I
waited then an hour for the directors, but none
came. I said, " There are no &rectors." Nicholl
said there were sufficient to make a board, but I
said I would not be a party to any such hole-and-
corner meeting as that. Mr. Nicholl said that it
would all afterwards be brought before the public,
and I said as that was so I did not mind, as I was
always for everything being brought before the
public. I never on any occasion gave Mr. Howell
authority to order any goods for the company, nor
did I know that any was ordered. I did not know
that any order bad been given on account of the
company. On my return from Scotland I said I
should inquire int the legality of the company. I
found that their plans were illegal, and the signa-
ture of Mr. Tidd Pratt to a paper which Mr. H ►well
showed me was a forgery. I then told Mr. Howell
that I would have nothing more to do with it, and
I watched my opportunity and withdrew entirely
from the company.
Cross-examined—I cannot say that I saw the
I copying machine supplied by the plaintiff at the
office, nor that I did not. Ido not recollect seeing
a date box there either. I cannot say whether
there was one or nor. I was there only three or
four times. I did not see any ledgers lying on the
office counter, nor any books at all. I mean to say
that I SAW no forms and policies in the office.
There might have been some prospectuses lying
about the office.
Mr. Seymour—ln this book you see there is a
confirmation of the minutes, and all that.
Witness—Oh, yes ; there was all that humbug
of course for a particular purpose. I did not order
any prospectuses to be sent to me to Scotland, hut
Mr. Howell said he would send me some down,
though he never did. I told Howell I would use
my influence in Glasgow, ,Manchester, and Edin-
burgh, it he sent me some down, and he promised
to do so.

Re-examined—There were some other prospec-
tuses, and there are those in which my name is not
mentioned at all as chairman.
Mr. Sergeant Shee—l may state as a fact to
your lordship that in one of those prospectuses I
find the name of my learned friend on the other
side—Mr. Digby Seymour. (Laughter.)
Mr. Seymour—l never knew anything at , all
about it until just now, my lord.
The case was part heard yesterday, and his lord-
ship, upon taking hia se ),t upon tha bench this
morning, suggrlted that some arrangement should
he come to between the parties. There was no
doubt that the plaintiff was a loser, and that Mr.
Cruikshank had been made a dupe.
Mr. Cruikshauk was willing to abide by any-
thing which his lordship might suggest.
The learned counsel then withdrew from the
court into the judge's private room, to endeavour
to arrange the matter, and upoa their return into
court,

Mr: Seymour said hii client had agreed to terms.
The verdict would, therefore, be entered for the
plaintiff, subject to the terms agreed upon.
Mr. Ogle concurred with that.
His Lordship said he was very glad that the par-
ties had come to tertns. Mr. Cruikshank had been
a great ben.factor to the public and to the working
classes, and he had read with great pleasu-e many
of his works.

The verdict was then ent -red for the plaintiff,
subject to the terms agreed upon between the par-
ties, which our reporter was informed were that the
plain iff was io receive 251.
The °lily two other cases having been disposed of
the Court rose at about a quarter to 11. o'clock.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-April 24.

MANSION-HOUSE.-11. Collins G. Picker-
ing, G. Bryce, F. J. Maybery, 0. d'eartily, and
G. Reynolds wera further ezanti ned before the Lord
Mayor and Mr. Ald. Wire upon the charge of hav-
ing been concerned in stealing
the contents of 15
boxs,
nconsisting of booty, and shoes, which had
en cosigned by Mr. T,, Isenburg, merchant of
Leadenhall-street, to a farm at Melbourne.
Mr. Lewis asked for
The Lord Mayor a further remind.
M'Carthy, and Rey-
.ed upon their entering into
tnioielidrsrweciollgabitealnibeeesrat
in 504 each to attend at the
next examinotion Ddb at Pickering, Bryce, and May-
bery must each fi a surety in 501. in addition to enterino• into theist own recognisances to the same amount.
Tae prisonera, were liberated, with the exception
of Pickering, w tio was unable to procure bail.
Richard Stei 1, a shoemaker, who had been re-
manded, but admitted to bail, upon the charge of
having receir ed some boots stolen from Messrs.
Moses, appeared in the place allotted to the de-
fendants.
Tue charge against the dtfendint rested entirely upon the, itucorrobaated evidence of Desmond