The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-17 00:00:00

UST.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CURIOUS DISCOVERY.—CharIes Harris, a respectable-
looking man, was charged with being on certain premises
for the purpose of committing a felony.

Madame Gold, of 26, Queen-street, Golden-square, said—
I keep a lodging-house, and about two on Sunday morning
I went down stairs to see that the gas was extinguished,
when, hearing a noise, I opened the cellar door, and there,
lying on a heap of coals, I found the prisoner. I asked
what he did there, when he replied, " That's not your
business ; and as there had been an attempt to get into her
house a short time bask, she gave him into custody.
Prisoner—l went to see my wife, she lives there as ser-
vant.

Mr. Mansfield—You could not expect to see your wife in
the coal cellar.

Prisoner—She put me there because the missus was
coming.

A female here stepped forward, and said she was the
prisoner's wife.

Prosecutrix--you told me you was a widow, and that
your name was Clark, and that you were going to be
married.

The female said she had done so, but she had been mar-
ried eight months, and had her certificate and her husband's
discharge from the army.

Mr. Mansfield discharged the prisoner.

THAMES.

SERIOUS CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST A PUBLICAN.—
George Speck, a well-dressed man about 40 years of age,
the landlord of the Three Mariners public-house, was
brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with violently
assaulting John Nowlan, a police-constable, No. 286 K.
The policeman stated that on Saturday night, at half-
past 12 o'clock, ho was on duty in Three Colt-street, when
the prisoner came up to him and said, "Are you the man
that reported my house ?" to which he replied in the affir-
mative. The prisoner said, "Yes, and I have had a sum-
mons about it to-day, and I insist upon your coming to my
house to see me serve my waiting man with half a gallon of
beer." He refused to go, and the prisoner then hit him on
the breast. He took no notice of this, and recommended
the prisoner to go home. The prisoner followed him, made
use of abusive langugo and struck him again. It was not
until the third blow was given that he took the prisoner
into custody.

John Chadwick, 350 K, confirmed the evidence of Now-
lan.

The prisoner, in an excited manner, said ho had been
badly treated by the police. He kept one house near St,
Bartholomew's Hospital many years, another in the Isle of
Dogs for thirteen years, and his present house for some
time, and he had never been proceeded against until last
week. The policeman reported his house because he gave
half a gallon of beer to his waiter on Saturday week.
He went to the same policeman on Saturday night.
and asked him to come to his house and be a witness to
serving his own waiter with refreshments. The policeman
refused ; ho raised his hands, and, in the excitement of the
moment, did touch him, and that was all, upon which he
was dragged to the station-house and used with great vio-
lence. His watch was broken, his waistcoat torn, and in
the struggle which took place his money fell out of bib
pocket. The charge was as false as it was foul, nid the,
policeman had told the most deliberate falsehood.
Two witnesses were called, who fully confirmed the

defence.
Mr. Woolrych said he had no reason to discredit the
policeman, and, believing the prisoner to have committed
an assault, fined him 205., which he paid.

A Warsaw letter of the 9th says :—" The situa-
tion of affairs here remains nearly the same. The
prohibited hymns aro sung in the churches ; the
women still dress in black, or very dark materials,
and the minds of the people are evidently far from
' •
being restored to calmness. The tranquillity of the
city is not, however, disturbed by demonstrations,
the danger of which is felt in presence of th
few days the projects drawn up a
carrying into practice the new institutions lV w
4r
sw. ae
ill llfar n
I
tary forces at the disposal of the authorities
re-
turn from Moscow with the Imperial sanction. It
is doubtful, however, ivhether M. Platonoff will be
the bearer oX them.

FRENCII RECOGNITION OF ITALY.

.La Patric has the following important state-
ment, which bas been since repeated in the
Mon itCUr

"It is stated that negotiations will shortly be
opened to effect the re-establishment of diplomatic:
relations between France and the Court of Turin.
Should those negotiations take place the result will
be the recognition de fitcto of the Italian kingdom,
composed of the provinces and of the States which
have been placed under the sceptre of his Majesty
King Victor Emmanuel consequent upon events on
which France has now no opinion to express, but
which have been accomplished under favour of the
principle of non-intervention recognized by Europe.
" The renewal of diplomatic relations with Turin
would not imply, on the part of France, as regards
the policy of the Italian Kingdom, any judgment
on the past, or any responsibility for the future.
It would show that the de facto Government of
this new State is sufficiently established for it to be
possible to entertain international relations with it,
which the interest of the two countries imperiously
"France, by her
di ma nd.
new attitude, would not pre-
tend to
interfere in any manner in the internal or
external affairs of the Italian kingdom, which re-
mains solejudge of its conduct, as it is master of its
future and of its destinies. It would act towards
the new
it as one day. the great. European Powers will act
in the American question, by recognising
repablic of the Southern States when that republic
sliall have constituted a G. overnment on a basis
which will allow international relations to be en-
tertained with it of advantage to general in_
terests."

TIIO.IIPSOYS BOAT-BUILDING

MACHINES.

On Saturday an opportunity was afforded to a
Limited number of gentlemen of inspecting the
apparatus invented by Mr. Nathan Thompson, of
New York, for the building of boats by machinery,
and erected by him at Old Ford, Bow. In no
deportment of human activity has the talent of the
Americans been more conspicuous than in the con-
struction of machinery and its adaptation to the
ordinary arts of life. Hitherto it was considered.
that the curvilinear form of a boat's timbers, and
the great variety of angular shaped pieces required.
in the construction, presented insurmountable
obstacles to the application of machinery to boat-
building. These obstacles seem, however, to have
been completely overcome by Mr. Thompson, who,
after many years study and labour, has invented
thirteen machines for forming and fashioning gun-
wales, floor timbers, cants, keels, stern, stern posts,,
knees, transoms, and all the variety of forms and
angles, and bevelling of every width and taper that
are required, in order to build up boats and yachts
of every variety and description. The machines
invented by Mr. Thompson are of the most inge-
nious description, and appear to be endowed with
almost intelligence, so marvellously and so accu-
manipulate the timber required for
rately do they
boat building. There are in the Royal Navy and
mercantile marine about 40 descriptions of boats,
and there is not one of them but may be produced.
by these machines, so that the scope of their useful-
ness is not merely confined to any pattern or design.
When all the machines are at work together, and the
processes can be carried on in a consecutive manner,
so that every part of the boat is being simul-
taneously manufactured the saving in the cost
labour as calculated by the master shipwright at
Woolwich will be in the proportion of 7 to 32,
while the good character and accuracy of the
workmanship are secured by this employment of
machinery. The advantage which must result from.
building boats where every portion may be made in
duplicate, and where repairs may be readily effected.
in a time of emergency, must strike every person as
being scarcely less important than the economy of
production and the Excellence:of the workmanship
by these means.
One of Mr. Thompson's most ingenious machines
is the "drunken saw," so called, no doubt, from its
eccentric motion. It is a circular cutter, but so
adjusted on a screw axis as to have, when in action,
what may be called a " wabbling" movement, and.
in the course of its eccentricities it cuts laterally as
well as longitudinally, and the effect is to form
what is known as a groove or " rabbit" in the tim-
ber with extraordinary accuracy. The use to which
this machine is applied in connection with the boats
is for making the gratings, and the saving of time
and of manual labour in this part of the work is
very great. The " drunken saw" can easily do the
work of 40 men. A scarcely less useful and clever
machine is one for giving the required bend and.
curve of the planking for the ship's side, which is
done to the most perfect nicety by a combination of
knives or cutters fixed on two rollers, the upper
being concave, and the lower one convex. An oak
plank, passing under this operation, is brought
into the required shape as rapidly as en ordinary
plnning machine, which finishes off a plain
surface, and no straining is required in order to fix
the plank in the boat. There is a diagonal cutter
for giving the proper bevel edge to the timbers,
which is also very clever ; and another very power-
ful and complicated arrangement for cutting the
rabbits for the plank to be fitted to the stern posts
and portion of keel. The machinery for bending
the timber in order to form the ribs is so constructed
as to give every possible curvature that may be re-
quired in any part of a boat, whether for a small
lugger or a yacht of 150 tons, and of the finest pos-
sible lines. By the aid of all these mechanical
applications, a cutter, 32 feet in length, 7ft. 3in, in.
beam, was, and may again be completed easily in
ten hours. It appears that there are some 25,000
boats built every year in this country, and it may
readily be imagined that there is ample scope for
building boats by machinery.
When on a visit to France for a short time, the
attention of Mr. Thompson was directed by the
Emperor to the possibility of constructing boats
which would afford greater facilities for the landing
of troops on an enemy's coast, and the result has
been the production of a " folding boat," which will
occupy a very small space on board ship, and.
which may be opened out with great rapidity and
adapted for the conveyance of 50 or 75 men.
A commission, appointed by the
the United States, reported very favourably
Government tmorf.
Thompson's machinery in 1859,
arrival in this country he has obtained mos flatter-
inghighest authorities, offi-
cial, naval, and scientific. and sreehi
testimonials from the

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES THIS MORN IN G.—About
two o'clock this morning, while Constable Clancoat, 100
C, was on duty in Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor. square,
he perceived smoke issuing from the doorway of No. 39, in
the house of Mr. John Dickinson, F.L.S., &e., the ad-,
joining residence to that of Lord Cranworth. He at once
gave an alarm, and was mainly instrumental in saving the
lives of three or four persons. Messengers having been
despatched to the various engine stations, several were soon
in attendance, and the firemen being aided by a large body of
police, under the superintendence of Mr. Mamma, and
Inspectors Holder and Rogers, the fire was extinguished,
but not before the various floors of the house were burnt
out. A fire also occurred about the same time at the house
of Messrs. Wale and Co., grocers, corner of Crown-court,
Soho, in the upper part of which house several families re-
' sided, but all of whom fortunately escaped. The fire was
principally confined to the shop and cellar, in which the
outbreak occurred. We believe both parties were insured.
Another fire occurred at a furniture shop in Upper Kenning-
ton-lane, on Friday night, about seven o'clock, which weuell,
have been attended with great destruction of property had
it not been for the providential circumstance of Police:.o
be
stable Kennedy of the L Division, who happenedl the
passing at the time. He observed smoke issuing fromeince
cellar and immediately gave the alarm. Tia
game this active
much damage was done. This is the third time shortly afterwards arrived, and the fire ziasrd
officer has been the means of saving 3 Property.
rr is Emigration Report
BRITISH COLUMBIA.—. J-.of
this colony as ranging
describes the white populatcioonni
lastl,
2 ooyaena
dr ,6,aococoo
brod: i a 17,gedt0got under before
These people are shrewd,
about a
ofa whom about
estimate, between
sixth are British
mother country or the provinces.
subjects, either from the
are from the United States, or
The remaining five-
Germans, French
soltreliant, but orderly and
independent, an
impregnated with A. • Fell-con-
habits,strongly merican views, of
conducted,
mer 1 • ,1 ,
110:e:elans.
• g encamped 03, anu not
wanderin
settled. Be-
sidesthese there is the native population and large and in.
creasing bodies of two different imported races— the China..
men, important from their great numbers, industry, and
tenacity of gain, and the negro or mixed negro population,
important from their acquaintance with our language and
laws, and from their presence being in a great measure the
test and pledge of British, as contrasted with United States'
domination. All three of these races are despised, and to
some extent disliked by the prevalent white races. The
Governor reports that progress is being made witfli the roads,
and he looks forward to the conveyance of goo(ls at consi
derably reduced prices the whole distance (100 miles) from
Douglas to Cayosh, which is the chief town of a valuable
mining district, where all goods are deposited in their
transit to the interior.

ROMOLI V. TIETJENS.—MDLLE. TIETJENS AND
lIER BUST.—This action was disposed of in the second
Court of Queen's Bench on Saturday. Tho plaintiff, Signor
Romoli, a sculptor, living in Camden-town, claimed of
Mdlle. Tietjens £37 for a bust of herself, a ma uld, and a
pedestal, but she in answer pleaded that she NV4I s never in•
debted. Mdlle. Tietjens in her evidence said el le gave the
plaintiff sittings for the bust after great solicitat in=, on the
understanding that she was to receive a ni"er 'copy of the
work when finished. She never p.6ertained the slightest
idea of purchasing the naart, oust, The jury gave a yer4
diet for the plathtur,