The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SMPTEMBER 20, 1861.

not change, it will be many days before we can reach
laud in this manner. The pumps are all going. I
do not like the sound, bnt am assured that they hay

misfortunes. Noon—All goes well. We are putting
our house in order as far as possible. This evening
we have had a meeting of passengers convene° to

complete mastery over the water. The water has
got in through the ports and by way of the deck.
The captain is a brave fellow, and keeps his spirits up
wonderfully. He is ever keeping the men steady at
the wheel, although the rudder has been gone for
many hours. He knows the alarm a knowledge of
this would create. I overhear a consultation between

consider the incidents of this unfortunate voyage.
It is well attended, and the resolutions will be given

in detail hereafter. They draw attention to many

points of grave importance, which I hope will re-
ceive proper weight in the management and form
an appropriate conclusion to this narrative.
TUESDAY.

We are in sight of land, and there is great rejoic-
ing. 10 a.m.—We are off Queenstown, and boats
are coming to us. The destination of the ship is
Milford. We have lost no lives, and the baker is

the captain and some of the officers. Something
must be done to try and turn the ship's head, and
then, if the wind abates, sail will be set, and we
may reach a port in safety. How is it to be done ?
A large spar, marked as weighing four tons, is to be
heavily loaded with iron, then fastened to an im-
mense hawser, and thrown overboard. This method
has been successfully employed on similar occasions
with great success. It is being prepared, and Igo
down in the meantime to have another investigation
below. Luncheon is set in the dining saloon; some
cannot eat, but still many seats are occupied. The
rolling—or now, more properly speaking, " rock-
ing," for the movement is violently from side to
side—comes on again with renewed force. The
passengers catch hold of the tables to support them-
selves. The tables are not fastened, for whoever
supposed the big ship would become so rampant ?
The tables give way, and the scene of the grand
saloon is enacted again with fearful violence. The
stewards rush in to the rescue, but in two minutes
every piece of crockery is inevitably smashed,
knives and forks fly about in reckless confusion,
and the scene closes by a general accumulation of
tables, chairs, crockery, passengers, and stewards in
the middle of the saloon. The destruction of property
by this one casualty may be counted by hundreds.
I return to the deck. The spar is being thrown over,
and it certainly steadies our movements. But we
are still in the trough of the sea—still at the mercy
of the winds: It is now evening. It is the second
i day of our misfortunes, and we do not see the end
of them. A meeting of the passengers is held.
They face the difficulties manfully. We are out of
the track of veseels. It may be some days before we
meet with aid. In the meantime we must be care-
ful of our resources. A committee is appointed to
confer with the captain, and a working committee
to watch and protect the interests of the passengers.
The captain and officers must save the ship—we
must aid in preserving discipline. lam appointed
chairman of the working committee, and go through
the ship by virtue of my office. I thus learn much
more of the destruction of property and the condi-
tion of the passengers than I knew before. The
noise produced by the continued rolling of the vessel
is dreadful. Bottles, broken crockery, knives, forks,
and plated articles, constantly dashed violently from
side to side of an iron ship, produce the very agony
of discord ; and the chorus is brought up by a tallow
cask weighing many cwt., and a chain cable weigh-
ing many tons, which have got loose in a large
compartment of the vessel, and spread consternation
and terror throughout the ship. We get these mat-
ters remedied, and we take very stringent precau-
tions against fire, which is the only element re-
quired to make our misery complete. Taere are
more aching hearts than sleeping eyes to-night.
SATURDAY, 5.30 A.M.
A friend comes to tell my cabin companion that
the water is making fast on the pumps, that all hopes
of safety are now over, and that it is only a question
of time when the boats shall be lowered. I dress
quickly, and take, as I consider, a farewell view of
my cabin. On getting to deck I find the alarm a
false one. He had only learnt what I already knew
as to the steerage, and the water was not gaining
upon the pumps ; but the hatches were open, and
the noise of the water rushing from side to side,
with the rocking of the ship, is really alarming.
The gale has in a great measure subsided, but there
is still a strong swell. We are drifting steadily
along, whether we hardly know. A little later I
find our course has been much as follows :—Yester-
day we were going nearly due north, to-day we are
going south-west. Our chief hope now lies in
sighting some vessel ; but we are still miles from the
line of ships. Many anxious eyes scan the horizon,
and many learn, almost for the first time, of the
dreary loneliness of the great ocean, except in the
beaten tracts of commerce.
A new subject of interest arises. There is scarcely
a cabin in the ship to which the water has not found
its way. Many require a change of clothes, and
the hatchways of the baggage stores are opened.
The scene that presents itself defies all description.
The water has got in, and in sufficient force to float
even many of the larger articles. The rocking of
the ship has set the whole mass in motion. It has
the free range of a compartment some 60ft. square,
and 24 hours of such friction has reduced portman-
teaus, hatboxes, dressing-cases, and all the personal
chattels incident to 400 passengers into a mass of
pulp such as could not be rivalled by one of the most
powerful shoddy mills in the West Riding of York-
shire. Igo down, for I have a personal interest in
this mass of ruin. Identity is out of the question.
Here are the spangles of the dress of an actress ;
and there sleeves of an officer's coat. On this side
the rim of a hat, on that the leg of a dress boot.
There has been gross negligence in this matter, and
the misery which will be occasioned to some portion
of the passengers I need not dwell upon, because
words cannot adequately express it. Later, I see
men feeling cautiously with their bare feet for
jewels and money, in which this desolation is said
to be rich. How they will identify their own, and
resist the temptation of taking that which is not
theirs, is beyond my philosophy.
The sea is getting more quiet, and a new hope
springs up. An American gentleman, a Mr. Towle,
a civil engineer, and a passenger, suggests a means
of repairing our rudder. The captain places the
engineer department at his disposal. To-morrow
will decide. We still look out for a friendly sail,
and rockets go up, ar.d blue lights burn as darkness
comes on. 9.3o.—There is a cry, "A sail !" "A
sail !" I look. It is close upon us. A small brig.
She is the Magnet cf Halifax, and has seen our
distress ~signals. Now for the first time during
three days there are signs of rejoicing on board.
Husbands embrace their wives; fathers and mothers
their children ; she agrees to lie by us for the night,
and we retire with renewed hopes.

the only person at all in danger.
The damage to the ship and its fittings must be
estimated by thousands. The paddlewheels are
doubled up like pieces of iron hoop, and have now
disappeared down to the shaft. The rudder post
was composed of solid iron, some six or eight inches
square. The stern post was still more massive. The
boats can be replaced readily. The destruction to
the fittings is more serious, and implies an entire
renovation. The crockery and glass is an entire
loss, and the stores have been destroyed in the most
wholesale manner.

SUNDAY.

The sea is calm by comparison. We have drifted
about 100 miles in two days; at first in the wrong
direction, but are now getting right again, and are
going south•west. I ask the doctor how many
casualties have come under his charge. He says 27,
but adds that there are many more. He has only
dealt with the worst. We have had no loaf bread
for two days. This is chiefly occasioned by a severe
accident to the baker, who was thrown across the
bakehouse during the raging of the storm, and has
a compound fracture of the leg. Barrels of biscuits
are lashed in various conspicous places, and we help
ourselves. An American service is read by the Rev.
W. Patten, D.D., of New York. The steering ar-
rangements are going on well, and hope is expressed
on all sides, it is written upon all faces. s.3o—There
is a joy which does not find its expression in words
or cheers. The ship moves not by the drifting of
the sea, of which we have grown so tired during the
last few days, but by means of her screw, and her
head is being brought round, but her direction is
home. Neither the temporary expedient which is
now steering us nor the general condition of the
ship justify the captain in remaining in the Atlan-
tic. We are 280 miles from Cape Clear. We may
hope the screw will take us eight knots per hour,
and shall see land in 36 hours. An English service,
conducted by the Rev. W. B. Banister of Liverpool,
was held as soon as we were well on our way. The
moon shines brightly, the sea has assumed almost a
dead calm, the decks are gay, and we are all com
paratively happy.

MONDAY.

We are progressing steadily in a dead calm. At
10 a.m. we sight the Persia. We meet her with
mingled feelings of joy and disappointment. She
left port four days after us, and will carry obscure
tidings of our misfortune to New York, for we can-
not stop our engines without imperilling our tempo-
rarysteerin g arrangements. She sees we are distressed
and comes round us. She clearly does not understand
why we do not stay our course, and she proceeds on
her course, for she carries the mails. She has impor-
tant despatches for many here, myself among the
number. It adds another link to the chain of our

Captain Walker was formerly a commander in the
Cunard line. He left to join the Galway Company,
and was appointed to the command of the Great
Eastern only ten days before we sailed this tima.
The following resolutions were passed at a general
meeting of the passengers of the Great Eastern, held
on her return to port, 17th Sept., 1861 :--
" 1. That we recognise with gratitude the kind
care of Almighty God in protecting us during the
peril of the storm and bringing us at last safely out
of oar danger.
" 2. That we feel it to be our imperative duty to
state that the Great Eastern was sent to sea
thoroughly unprepared to face the storms which
every one must expect to meet in crossing the At-
lantic; and that, if it had not been for the extra-
ordinary strength of the hull, and the skill which
was manifested in the construction of the vessel and
its engines, in all human probability every soul on
board would have perished. We call particular
attention to the ballasting of the Great Eastern,
the state of her paddle-wheels, the position of the
boats, the insecure and most perilous character of
her internal fittings, and the careless way in which
she was stowed, owing to which carelessness, in
fact, a large portion of our luggage has been most
recklessly and utterly destroyed.
" 3. That we desire to express our satisfaction
with the conduct of the captain, especially since the
occurrence of the disaster which overtook the ship,
which has been marked by a high degree of courage,
fertility of resources, energy, untiring perseverance,
and nautical skill, to which the safety of the ship
and passengers is in a great measure attributable.
"4. That we would also acknowledge with deep
thankfulness the sense we entertain of the valuable
scientific suggestions of one of the cabin passen-
gers, Hamilton E. Towle, of Boston, U.S., civil
engineer, made in order to repair the injuries sus-
tained by the steering apparatus of the vessel; and
of the patient attention with which, at much per-
sonal inconvenience, he assisted Captain• Walker
until the ship was enabled again to proceed.
" 5. That some suitable testimonial of our appre-
ciation of the skill and services of Mr. Towle be
provided and presented to him by the passengers.
" 6. That we regret being obliged to condemn in
the strongest terms the confusion arid mismanage-
ment evident in every arrangement relating to the
comfort and convenience of passengers of all classes,
and we have been grieved by the waste and wanton
destruction which we have witnessed.
" 7. That feeling that there is ground for the
gravest possible censure, we respectfully urge that
the Board of Trade should be asked to make imme-
diate inquiry into the condition of the ship when
she was sent to sea.
" 8. The names of the committee appointed to pro-
tect and consider the interests of the passengers are
Benjamin F. Angel, New York; Thomas B. For-
ward, Liverpool ; Montgomery Gibbs, New York ;
D. V. M'Lean, Easton, Pennsylvania ; Cecil Mor-
timer, London ; James Palen, Paris ; Cornelius
Walford, London.
‘i 9. That the unanimous and heartfelt thanks of
this nacotir36 of the pas:lengers of the Great Eastern
be given to the captain of the brig Magnet, of Hali-
fax, Nova Scotia, for his ready response to our
appeal to stand by us in distress on the night of
Saturday, the 14th inst., and the following day."

too late.
The water entered not only a great many cabins,
but, what was worse, the hold, where all the lug-
gage was kept. If you had seen down into this
room you would never forget that sight. Deal
boxes were smashed to atoms, and their contents
were floating about—lndia shawls, and silk dresses,
and things of every description. Leather trunks
looked as if they had been for months in the water.
Everywhere sparkling gold Chains, watches, and
jewelry.
What the Great Rip Company are going to do I
do not know, but I hope they will pay back the
passage money and indemnify the poor sufferers for
the loss of their luggage. The worst off are the
steerage passengers. We are just entering port,
and I conclude this letter.

Mr. P. de Corvin, another passenger on board
the Great Eastern, writes :—This day week the
Great Eastern left the Mersey, amid the cheering
of hundreds of thousands of spectators, the roaring
of guns, and the playing of bands. Very portly
directors, with red geraniums in their buttonholes,
and shining, benignant, after-dinner faces, had been
inspecting the great ship, and said that all was very
well. They mustered the crew, and the sturdy
fellows passed by them pulling their forelocks or
doffing their caps. I was glad when these gentle-
men left by the Emperor for shore, for I had not
the slightest confidence in their praises, as far as
their judgment about sea matters is concerned.

We found on board the ship the greatest dis-
order, and the worst possible arrangement. All the
passengers complained; comparisons between the
order on board the Great Eastern and the Cunard
steamers were made, very much to the advantage
of the latter. However, all went on smoothly and
well until we passed Cape Clear. In the morning
of Thursday last a rather fresh breeze sprang up,
which increased every moment, and became a storm
about noon. It was one of those heavy equinoctial
gales which are the terror of the seafarer. lam
not much of a sailor, but captains on board her say
it was one of the heaviest gales they ever expe-
rienced. The Great Eastern was tossed about as
if she had been an eggshell ; the waves rose as high
as Primrose-hill, and to walk on board was impos-
sible. Even the oldest sailors could not find their
sea legs. Some of them were hurled against you,
or the gunwale, or down some dark hole. The
cook broke his leg in three places. A lady broke
her arm in her cabin, and broken noses and black
eyes were to be seen everywhere. Two cows had
been, very properly, accommodated just over the
ladies' saloon. This miserable shed gave way at
once. One cow popped her head through a window
to take refuge against the bad weather in the
ladies' saloon, but she unfortunately broke her leg,
and was thus prevented further progress. A sailor
came running up the staircase, a long knife in his
hand, and eagerly crying out, " I am going to kill
the cow to save her life." That fellow was certainly
an Irishman, and this " bull" is not fabricated, for
I heard it myself and enjoyed it, notwithstanding
all the roaring of the sea.

The night was indeed frightful. The very paddle
boxes were plunged into the foaming sea ; that is
something, if you consider the height of this vessel.
The sea was knocking furiously for admittance
against my cabin window. I thought it much better
to die comfortably, and went to bed, but I was
obliged to tie my arm to the bed-post. My cabin
was close to the first dining saloon, where a horrible
noise was going on. Attracted by curiosity, I
peeped through the windows of my neighbour's
cabin, and saw the most curious sight I ever saw.
Tables and chairs were dancing a hornpipe ; the
stove joined most heartily in the fun, and the dan-
cers seemed determined to break down the nicely-
turned mahogany columns and bannisters, which
snapped like glass. It was a noise as if rocks were
shifted to and fro by an angry surf. In the grand
saloon the devastation was almost greater still. A
marble slab joined a high-nosed gentleman in the
enterprise of smashing the largest mirror. Of
course, nose and mirror had the worst of it. Only
with danger of life could people cross one of these
saloons. The gentlemen were more frightened than
the ladies, who behaved, without exception, as men
ought to do, but there were plenty of old women
among the men.
The Great Eastern is a very strong ship, but her
paddles and rudder were not in proportion. The
paddles were twisted, broken, and carried away,
and also the rudder, where an iron bar ten inches
in diameter snapped like a lucifer-match. The storm
continued, and the vessel was not to be steered. She
was lying in the trough of the sea, and the waves
were dashing against her broadside. She proved a
most determined cradle, and the oldest man has not

been rocked in all his life as mach as we were in these pose of going through a course of instruction in
few days. They say the fault was in the want of gymnastics, exercises of this kind being now an
cargo. To steady her we attempted to set some important branch of Artillery training.
sails, but they were blown away. The detachment of Royal Marine Light Infantry
At last there came help by an American engineer paid off from the Niger, returned from duty in New
returning to his country on board the Great Zealand, were yesterday inspected on parade by
Eastern, Mr. Hamilton E. Towle. He suggested a Col. Campbell, Commandant at Woolwich, and
plan to mend the rudder, and succeeded perfectly, were granted the usual leave of absence.
notwithstanding the roaring of the sea. I have
been down in the steerage, and admired very much
his very simple and, at the same time, scientific
arrangements. The apparatus is very ingenious,
and, at the same time, as strong as possible.
Whether it would have stood in a heavy gale is
another question, but it was perfectly sufficient to
bring us to the entrance of the harbour of Queens-
town. The captain of the Great Eastern did his
duty ; if the benignantly smiling directors had
done the same we should not have suffered so much.
After the storm we met a little brig, the Magnet,
from Halifax. She was requested to stay with us
all night, and did so, but the next morning we
turned her off rather ungraciously. The same was
the case with the Persia, for which we all longed.
A board was held up stating that we had lost our
rudder, and that she might go to our lee side. She
did as requested, but we were running before her
nine knots an hour (only by screw), and I do not
wonder that the captain of the Persia thought us
rather foolish. He stopped and made off, probably
L not seeing a board on which was written "We
I cannot stop the machine," and which was held up

SIR W. N
ARMST.ROG AND CAPTAIN
BLAKELY.

TO THE EDITOR OF " THE TIMES."
Sir,—l have just read in your paper of the 18th
Capt. Blakely's letter with reference to the remarks
made by Sir W. Armstrong at Manchester last
week.
I believe it was to myself that Sir William then
referred, as it was from my own lips that he heard
the wire system was patented, and he at that time
(I think in 1855) told me of his being in communi-
cation with Mr, Brunel on the same subject.
This is, however, of minor importance. Captain
Blakely and I had the same idea about the same
time. We subsequently became acquainted with
each other, and agreed to push the wire principle
jointly.
I have at various times spent both time and
money to induce the War Department to give the
system a fair trial.
I brought the subject before the Institution of
Civil. Engineers in 1860, and I then proved by
strict mathematical analysis that the principle was
correct. I supported this by the result of experi-
ment.

My reasonings and my experiments have never
been for a moment controverted.
In winding up the discussion the President said,
" It was evident that Mr. Longridge had estab-
lished such a prima facie case as should have en-
titled him to have received the attention of Govern-
ment."
I submit that Captain Blakely and I have done
all we could be expected to dn, and more; and I
say with him that we have never for one instant
sought to place our private interests in the way of
the adoption by Government of our ideas.
Since Sir William Armstrong's speech at Man-
chester I have again sought to induce him to try
the system. He declines to do so unless by special
instruction from the War Department, which he
leaves to me to obtain. I have not much hopes of
doing so, but will try once more.
In the meantime I must be allowed to say that
Captain Blakely and myself have never sought to
impose any conditions, have never raised our rights
as patentees in the way of Sir William Armstrong,
but have, on the contrary, always been most
anxious to give our gratuitous services to render
available an invention which affords the means of
constructing artillery of any calibre at a moderate
cost and with perfect certainty of success.
Sir William Armstrong states the great difficulty
he finds in making a 3001 b. gun on the plan he is
now pursuing. I can readily believe it ; nay,
more, I will say that I do not believe he will suc-
ceed. But on the wire principle I will stake my
reputation to make a I,ooolb. gun which gunpowder
cannot burst, and at a less cost than the 3001 b. gun
Sir William is now making.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JAS. A. LONGRIDGE,
Musketry Instructor, C.E.
18, Abingdon-street West, Sept 19.

POLICE IN2ELLIGENCE, Sept. 19.

SOUTHWARK.--THE CHARGE OF MAN-
SLAUGHTER AGAINST AN OMNIBUS CONDUCTOR.—
Benjamin Martin, a respectable-looking young man,
who was suffering from a severe injury to his right
leg, was brought into court and placed in a chair
by the side of the dock, for final examination,
charged with causing the death of Stephen Os-
borne, an omnibus driver, by striking him and
throwing him off a Peckham omnibus, of which he
(prisoner) was the conductor.
Mr. W. Edwin appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. Lemuel Frederick Lettell, second committee
clerk to the corporation of London, said that on
Wednesday afternoon, the 4th inst., he was walk-
ing up the Old Kent-road towards his home at
Peckham-rye. About 20 minutes to five he saw an
omnibus coming towards him, hnd at the same time
the prisoner, who was acting as conductor, got on
the roof and jumped by the side of the driver, whom
he struck with his left hand. They then had a
scuffle together and fell off the vehicle.
Mr. Burcham asked whether the driver closed
with the prisoner.
Witness replied that he could not see, it was so
instantaneous. When they fell off the wheels passed
over both. Witness ran to the spot, and the pri-
soner got up, but the driver was apparently dead,
and he followed him into a surgeon's close by.
Witness, previous to that, said to the prisoner,
" You have made a pretty mess of it by striking
the man." The prisoner replied, " I did not strike
him." Witness said, " You blackguard, you did,
as I saw you." The prisoner then said that the
deceased had been at it all the way up. Witness
took the prisoner's number and left him.
In cross-examination by Mr. Edwin, he said the
blow he saw struck was not a violent one.

fort. Being in want of employment, she forwarded
the directed and stamped envelope, and received the
following letter :

" Belvidere-place, Southwark, 6-9, 1861.
"Madam,—The home employment will pay you 2s. 6d.
per hour (permanently) for as long every day as you engage
in it, and you can employ as many hands as you please.
It is so easily effected that children cannot err unless wil-
fully. For the apparatus (small), and the materials, also
their carriage, you.will have nothing to pay, and you will
be paid by me for your work weekly. Owing to the great
beauty of the designs, a quality they must possess for me
to retain the unexampled success of my patent, I am paying
fourfold the sum agreed on, and therefore those whom with
yourself 1 have selected to engage must each repay me 36
postage stamps towards the extra cost, and should you do so
I will send you specimens, instructions, diagrams, &c., and
wait your determination.
" I am, Madam, yours most respectfully,
" P.S. For each 2s. 6d. you get I shall receive much more,
I being the inventor and having been at a great outlay, such
is my due. Notice particularly the end of the coffee cir-
I cular."

The magistrate was here informed that Belvidere-
place was in the Southwark-bridge-road and oppo-
site the Queen's Prison. The writer was an inmate
of that prison, and had for some years obtained
money from the unwary by similar practices. Last
year several poor people complained to the magis-
trates of his conduct, and for a time his evil practices
were put a stop to. Advertisements were inserted
almost every day by him, and it was understood.
that victims poured in wholesale.

The magistrate asked the applicant whether she
had sent the postage stamps to him ?

She replied that-she had some time ago, but never
receiving any answer she went to Belvidere-place,
Southwark, and then found that all letters addressed
to him went to him in the Queen's Prison. She ac-
cordingly proceeded there, and had an interview
with him, when he treated her in a most insolent
manner, and not only refused to return her postage
stamps, but refused to give her any equivalent. She
consequently spoke to the authorities of the prison,
who recommended her to come to his worship and
state the facts, with the view of the matter being
made public through the newspapers, so that a stop
may be put to his swindling transactions.
The Magistrate said he had do doubt that the

reporters would take notice of her application, as it
was necessary that the public should be put on their
guard against those advertising adventurers.
Applicant thanked his worship and withdrew.
A foreign system of swindling has also been ori-
ginated in the same prison by a Frenchman. He
and his companions have been advertising in the
French newspapers for directors of an English com-
pany forming in London. A handsome salary is
guaranteed, and all applications must be made to
him at Belvidere-place, Southwark. These letters
have been taken to the post-office in the Queen's
Prison, where they have been claimed by him, he
telling the post-office keeper that they had been
misdirected for hick. Two gentlemen called on the
magistrate, one of whom could not speak English.
The one that could, said that his friend had been
induced to come from France through the represen-
tations of this person. Hundreds of communica-
tions reach this man weekly, and most likely some
of them contain remittances.

Thomas Henry Rees, manufacturing chemist, re-
siding in Dennett's-road, Hatcham, said that on
the afternoon in question he got into the prisoner's
omnibus at the Montague Arms, Queen's-road,
Peckham. The deceased was acting as conductor
then, and the prisoner as driver. At Mr. Martin's
public-house they changed places and went on
towards London, but all along they were disputing
with each other. When they got to the Shard Arms
in the Old Kent-road they stopped and the prisoner
went into a cigar shop. The driver went on then,
and the pi isoner when he came out of the shop ran
after the omnibus and got on the steps. Tne dis-
puting continued, and another omnibus passed them
at the Nelson. The prisoner then directed the
deceased to follow. He did not do so, and they had
more words together. He heard the prisoner call
out to the driver " What's that you say ?" and at
the same moment he saw the conductor get on the
top of the vehicle. Witness looked out of the win-
dow and saw them both fall off the roof and the
wheels pass over them. Witness immediately got
out of the omnibus and saw the driver lying on the
ground apparently dead, but the prisoner jumped
up and got on his omnibus. Witness followed him
and saw that he was injured severely, when he was
conveyed to his lodgings by the police.
Edward Lloyd, house decorator, Montpelier road,
Peckham, said he was walking along the Old Kent-
road towards home on the afternoon in question
when he saw an omnibus coming towards him, and
two men were on the driver's box struggling
together, and they fell, the wheels of the vehicle
passing over both. He ran up and saw the deceased
driver lying on the ground apparently dead, and
the prisoner said, "We had a scuffle for the reins,
and we both fell off." After the driver was con-
veyed to a surgeon's he perceived that the prisoner
had received serious injuries to his right leg and
thigh, and he was carried home.
William Bailey, horse-keeper, said he was riding
outside the omnibus from Peckham, and during the
journey he heard the prisoner say that the driver
was chunk, and that he did not want to earn any
more money. When they got as far as the Lord
Nelson, Mr. Austin's omnibus passed them, and they
followed. The prisoner called out to the deceased,
" Don't follow that man, as his time is right up."
The deceased took no notice of it, but went on,
when the prisoner got on the roof and attempted to
take the reins from him, when they both fell to the
ground, and the off wheels passed over them. Wit-
ness did not see the prisoner strike a blow.
Mr. Isaac Morris, acting house surgeon at Guy's
Hospital, said he recollected Stephen Osborne being
brought in about five on Wednesday afternoon, the
4th instant, He was then dead. Witness made a
post mortem examination on the following day, and
found the right cheek bone broken. The right
collar bone was fractured, as well as the ten upper-
ribs on the right side, and seven upper ribs on the
left side. The liver was torn completely asunder.
In cross-examination, he said that all these in-
juries were caused by the fall and the omnibus
passing over him.
en
Joshua Old TKheonmt-arso,ad2so9n tAi
h said he was on duty in
e afternoon in question,
directly
they got there.
he was called into the surgery of Dr. Palmer,
where he saw the deceased Stephen thewh
the request of the doctor he y e
dhim Osborne.
to
eAt
G us
conveyed
Hospital, and he expired
Witness afterwards went to the prisoner's lodgings,
and found him in bed, attended
suf-
fering from a fractured leg.
He btyelad shuirmgeothn
a,
that
consider himself_ in custody, when the pri-
soner said,' How is Osborne?" Witness told him
he was dead. The prisoner seemed m
at hearing that, and said it was anaccuideeh affected
accident; they
had a scuffle for the reins and fell off.
This being
m__r. „ the case for the prosecution,
nurcham committed the prisoner for trial
for the manslaughter of Stephen Osborne.
Mr. Edwin asked his worship to accept bail. His
Client was a respectable young man and required
great medical care.
Mr. Barcham accepted bail, and the prisoner was
assisted out of court by his friends.
SWINDLING TRANSACTIONS IN THE QUEEN'S
PRISON.—In the course of the day a genteel-looking
female waited on his worship for advice under the
following circumstances :—She said that about a
fortnight ago she saw an advertisement in some of
the newspapers, headed "Employment at your own
Homes," offering to any person sending a directed
and stamped envelope to a certain address tne
means of obtaining a livelihood with ease and com-