The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-05 00:00:00

THE SIIN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1861

THE NAVY.

A letter, dated Valetta, Jan. 31, from a Malta
correspondent, says :
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" Her Majesty'; corvette, Scourge, Commander
W. J. Jones, arrived on Saturday last from Suda
Bay (Candia), and on Tuesday the two line-of-
battle ships Caesar, Capt. J. H. Mason, and Ex-
mouth, Capt. J. A. Paynter, expected for some days
past from Corfu, made their appearance, and will
probably remain here for some time. We have
now five liners in port, besides several other smaller
ships of war, making in all 12 pendants. Such a
naval force we have not witnessed here for several
months past, the greater portion of the fleet having
been stationed this winter at Corfu and Naples.
The gunboat Assurance returned from Corfu on
Wednesday, and the troopship Himalaya, Captain
Seccombe, left the same day for England with naval
and military invalids, and officers whose term of
service in this garrison has expired, or are proceed-
ing home on promotion. The following took pas-
sage by her :—Commander Reeves, R.N.,:Mr. Dow-
ling, master, R.N., Surg. Monteith, R.N., Surg.
West, R.N., Lieut. Blackett, R.N., Lieut. Foster,
R.N., Lieut. Collier, R.M., Mr. Taylor, R.N., Mr.
Nettleton, R.N., Mr. Hodson, R.N., and 130 sea-
men and marines. Staff-Surg. Mockler, Lieut.
Nash, 4th Regiment, Lieut. Carey, R.A., Lieut.
Waddington, R.A., and wife, Ensign Cosens, Ist
Battalion 9th Regiment, Mr. Tatum, military store-
keeper, Mr. Bush, purveyor to the forces, Lieut.
Hearn, 2d Battalion 3d Buffs, and 21 non-commis-
sioned officers and men, 10 women, and 13 children.
" Her Majesty's line-of-battle ships Agamemnon
and Queen, and corvette Scourge are to leave next
week for Corfu, and the line-of-battle ship Ex-
mouth later for Naples. The Melpomene frigate
and Foxhound gunboat leave port to-day, the
former for Beyrout direct, and the latter for Corfu
with a mail.
" The court-martial mentioned in my last letter
as having assembled on board her Majesty's receiv-
ing-ship Hibernia, in this port, to try Dr.
Lowry Monteith, surgeon, of her Majesty's frigate
Melpomene, Capt. Ewart, on charge of neglecting
to pay proper attention to his patients and not
treating them with kindness, terminated its pro-
ceedinge nn the 99th inst.,tho sth day of its sitting.
The charge was divided into eight separate counts,
specifying certain cases in which some of the crew
had been sent back to their duty before, as was
alleged, they were sufficiently recovered from sick-
ness, and in two instances in which Dr. Monteith
had unjustly accused them of skulking. Dr. Mon-
teith, in his defence, totally denied the charge, re-
plying to each of the counts contained in the indict •
meat, :and endeavoured to prove, on the contrary,
that he was in the habit of treating the men with
consideration and kindness. The Court, however,
found him guilty of a sufficient portion'of the charge
to induce it to sentence him to be reprimanded and
to be dismissed the ship."
A letter from Corfu, of Jan. 27, says :
" There was a regular break up in the fleet here
yesterday. The Caesar and the Exmouth left for
Malta, the London for Patras, and the Neptune for
Athens. It is supposed, however, that the two first
named vessels will be replaced by the Agamemnon
and Renown or the Queen from your island. A
disturbance, but not of a serious nature, took place
lately on board the Neptune, owing to the crew not
being satisfied with the term of leave granted them
to go on shore. Nearly half the crew went on the
quarter deck in a body, and complained of their
alleged grievance, when they obtained what they
wanted. The Marlborough was going for a short
cruise the same day, and had left her anchorage,
bit was recalled, and Admirals Martin and Dacres
soon put matters to rights on their return into port.
The Commander-in-Chief has had much trouble

with the men of the squadron stationed here, owing
to their drunken and disorderly conduct on shore,
and in several instances he has been compelled to
order some of them on board before their leave was
expired.
" A general court-martial has lately been held
here on a soldier of the 2d battalion 2d Queen's, on
the charge of striking a captain of his own corps in
the face, for which offence he was sentenced to
penal servitude for life ; but the Court, on account
of his youth and previous good conduct, recom-
mended him to mercy, so that his sentence was
commuted to 10 years' transportation. Owing to
the frequency of late of such crimes it is necessary
to make an example."

The experimental firing from the 80-pounder
Whitworth gun at Portsmouth has been brought to
an abrupt termination by the discovery of a flaw or
rent in the metal at the breech. The gun, which
weighs four tons, has been landed from the Stork
gunboat, packed', and conveyed to the railway sta-
tion to be forwarded to Woolwich. Many naval
officers experienced in gunnery are of opinion that
the principle of the gun in working metal upon
metal is radically wrong. They argue that any
foreign substance is introduced into the bore of the
gun, such as a cinder from the funnel, and should
get between the inner surface of the gun and the
projectile, the latter would infallibly jam, and the
gun would burst.
The Immortalite, 51, screw, Captain Hancock,
received supernumeraries yesterday for the division
of the Channel fleet now at Lisbon, and was ordered
to sail last evening, but had not left the anchorage
at sunset The Immorttalite would stay in the Tagus
about a week, at the end of which time she will
return to Spithead.

The Lucifer, steam tender, sailed from Portsmouth
yesterday for Pembroke, with jury spars and gear
for the Pandora, 5, screw, which vessel will be
rigged and navigated round to Portsmouth, Corn-
mender R. Stokes, assist.-master attendant of Ports-

mouth dockyard and a party of riggers, proceeding
round in the Lucifer for that purpose. The Lucifer
calls in at Portland and Plymouth Sound on her
way down Channel.
The Philomel, 5, screw, Commander L. Wildman,
will go out of Spithead to-morrow at 7 a.m. and try
her speed at deep draught at the measured mile in
Stokes Bay, prior to leaving Spithead for her des-
tination-the coast of Africa.
The Rinaldo, 17, screw, will receive her arma-
ment to-day in the steam basin at Portsmouth.
The Cockatrice, new class gunboat, in the same
basin, has received her armament, consisting of one
68-pounder, one long 32-pounder, and two brass
howitzers. She is ready for commission. On the
north wall of the basin workmen are preparing the
ground for the erection of an hydraulic capstan.
The following line-of-battle and other screw
steamers now compose the steam 'reserve in the
Medway, at Chatham, under the command of Capt.
C. F. Schomberg :-
First Division-The Meeanee, 81, 400-horse
power; the Phaceton, 51, 400-horse power; the
Challenger, 22, 400-horse power,; the Malacca, 17,
200-horse power.; the Chameleon, 17, 200-horse
power; the Griffin, 5, 80-horse power ; the Lee, 5,
80-horse power ; and the gunboats Bullfrog, Car-
nation, Cochin, Griper, and Hasty, each of 2 guns
and 60-horse power.
Second Division-The Hood, 91, 600-horse
power; the Rodney, 90, 500-horse power; the
Waterloo, 90, 500-horse power ; the Goliath, 80,
400-horse power ; the Irresistible, 80, 400-horse
power; the Severn, 51, 500-horse power ; the
Galatea, 26, 800-horse power ; the Orpheui, 21,
400-horse power; the Orestes, 21, 400-horse power;
the Horatio, 12, 250-horse power; the Dragon, 6,
560 horse-power; the Victor, 6, 350-horse power;
the Plover, 80-horse power ; the Wanderer, 4,
200-horse power ; the Cormorant, 4, 200-horse
power; the Racehorse, 4, 200-horse power ; the
floating batteries Thunderbolt, 16, 200-horse power;
Etna, 16,200-horse power ; Thunder, 14, 150-horse
power ; and Trusty, 14, 150-horse power ; and the
gunboats Herring, India, Mistletoe, Sepoy, and
Surly.
Third Division-The Anson, 91, 800-horse power;
the Atlas, 91, 800-horse power ; the Newcastle, 51,
600-horse power ; the Eurotas, 12, 200-horse power
(mortar ship) ; the Swallow, 9, 60-horse power; the
Hermes, 6, 200-horse power ; the Virago, 6, 300-
horse power ; the Locust, 3, 100-horse power ; and
screw gunboats Britomart, Wizard, Linnet, Manly,
Mastiff, Pelter, Spey, Thistle, Thrasher, and Tickler.
Fourth Division--The Collingwood, 80, 400-horse
power ; the Leander, 51, 400-horse power; the Phie-
nix, 6, 260-horse power ; the Salamander, 6, 200-
horse power ; and the gunboat Fidget.

The following vessels have been chartered by the
Government to sail from Gravesend with military
and other stores during the present month to various
stations :—the Earl of Hardwicke, Raby Castle,
Astronomer, Scotia, Geologist, Fortitude, Dun-
sandle, Hero of the Nile, Eirene, Corriemulzie, Earl
of Mar, and Broadwater.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. E. S. Mangan, to the
Spiteful ; Lieut. H. W. Mist, to the Hero ; E. Olive
and W. Redmark, acting assist.-surgs., to the Vic-
tory, for Haslar Hospital ; and J. Bradley, acting

assist-Burg., to the Impregnable, for Plymouth
Hospital.

The Stirlingshire Militia are to be immediately
disembodied, having been recalled in divisions from
their present quarters to Stirling for the purpose.
The regiment numbers about 700 men.

The Ist York Militia, at present quartered in
Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr, are under orders to pro-
ceed to Pontefract for disembodiment, and will be
replaced by the 76th Regiment from Ireland.

LAW INTELLIGBNCE, Feb. 4.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
DOREE V. DEAN.

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Mr. G. Francis appeared for the plaintiff, and
Mr. H. Matthews for the defendant.
The plaintiff in this action, Ann Doree, was the
daughter of a silk velvet weaver in Wellington-
row, Bethnal-green, and she sued the defendant,
Samuel Dean, who was a foreman at a wholesale
chemists, at No. 5, Coleman-street, in the city, to
recover damages for a breach ofpromise of marriage.
It appeared from the evidencegiven by the lady's
father, that the plaintiff was now about 23 years of
age, and the eldest of 11 children. She lived with
her parents and earned 16s. a-week at the weaving
business. The defendant was a young man of
about the same age, or about three months older, and
had been acquainted with plaintiff for many years.
In October, 1856, he called upon the plaintiff's
father, and told him he was about to change his
position in life, and wished to be allowed to pay
his addresses to the plaintiff. Mr. Doree said he
would take time to consider, and, accordingly he
conferred with the defendant's father and mother
on the subject, and, as he found them quite agree-
able, he gave his consent. The defendant imme-
diately commenced paying his addresses, and was
not long before he succeeded in gaining the young
lady's affections. His visits wore frequent at the
plaintiff's house, on which occasions he always
saluted the plaintiff with a kiss, and when he left
in the evening she always let him out at the street-
door, and he saluted her the same way on leaving.
After a time the defendant introduced the lady to
his father, mother and friends as his intended, and
became more constant in his visits. He spent five
evenings in the week at Mr. Doree's house and took
two sittings for himself and lady at an Independent
Chapel Bethnal-green where both families attended.
Several of the defendant's letters were read in
evidence, to show the terms of affection which sub-
sisted between the parties. In one of them the de-
fendant made a quotation in these words—" Ours is
no common affection ; it is the gentle, endearing
affection of kindred minds, united by the strong
hand of esteem," &c.; and then said, " Dearest
Annie, is not this beautiful language?"' He then
went on to say, in somewhat dubious language,
" True affection does not look to beauty. Solomon
says, Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain,' "
and then quoted these verses :
"For outward forms of shape and face
Soon wither like the rose,
But virtue is the only source
From whence true pleasure flows."
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He concluded by asking his" dear Annie" to answer
his letter, saying " Do try and answer this any time
you can," and encouraged her by saying," Do not
be afraid to write; say just what you feel, as I
always try to do," and adding, " You know we
repose full confidence in each other ; our hearts are
as one, bound by the ties of affection," and signed
himself " Your own ever affectionate and fond
Samuel." The plaintiff accepted this invitation,
and wrote a letter, in which she expressed full con-
fidence in her " dear Samuel," alluded to the " very
happy days" they had spent together, and hoped
they would be " many, many more, crowned with
the favour of God," for, she added, " His favour is
life, and His loving kindness is better than life."
The letter was in a very religious strain. Towards
the end she referred to some story about " Polydore
and Emeline," and said what a pity it was that
" he went away to get rich," and that, if it had
been her own case, she could not have let the defen-
dant have gone on any account, and concluded by
saying, " My dearest Samuel, I trust we shall ever
have that love and affection for each other that we
now have." She signed herself " Your own affec-
tionate, fond Annie." Matters went on in this happy
state for some time ; but, as " the course of true
love never did run smooth," so it happened that one
evening Annie and Samuel had a " tiff." But
Annie was the first to repent, and sat down and
wrote to her " own ever dearest Samuel," accusing
herself of being "hard-hearted anti unkind," and
saying that she felt so much grieved that she did
not know what to do, and imploring him to forgive
her, and to believe her to be " ever your own fond
loving Annie," with more last words, " Good night,
dear Samuel." The defendant responded to this
appeal, and, for once, he put a date to his epistle,
which commenced thus :—" January Ist, 1859, 31,
Pott-street." The letter was rather a long one. It
began "My own dearest Annie," and said he was
far from thinking her hard-hearted or unkind, for'
he had always taken her to be affectionate and as
kind as possible; " but, he said, " on Wednesday
evening you completely baffled me." He confessed
he had never felt more in his life, and that he
should never forget that walk " along the Mile-end-
road," but he checked himself by saying it was
wrong for him to say he should never forget, and
assured his " dear Annie" that he did not intend to
say any more about it, adding, "our path till then
had been one clear day of sunshine; not a cloud to
obscure the sunlight of Heaven; not a word to mar
our happiness; but the clearest day has its clouds,
and so it was with us. But (said he) forgive, and
then forget,' is a good motto, and so that cloud has,
so far as I am concerned, blown away into the past,
to be forgotten and remembered no more." There
was a good deal more to the same effect, and he
expressed a hope that both of them might be
" more fervent in prayer," and might walk worthy
of their high calling as professors of Christianity,
and, said he, " let us be ready, for we know not
what a day or an hour may bring forth." Not-
withstanding this caution, the courtship went
on very happily for about eighteen months
longer, and during this time the parties paid a
few days' visit to Ramsgate, accompanied by their
sisters. The effect of these visits was visible in the
letters which the defendant afterwards wrote to
the plaintiff from Ramsgate and from Dover. In
the former letter, which he addressed to " My own
dearest Annie," he said, " My dearest, though I am
far from you now, my heart is close to yours, and
will be all the time I am away from you ; " and
after more to the same effect, he said, " I cannot
kiss you, but send you one in fancy in the letter ;
accept it, my love, and believe me ever to be your
own fond and affectionate Samuel." The plaintiff
replied to this letter in the same strain, and thanked
God for directing the defendant to her. She told
him that she was sitting in her parlour, writing to
him, and as she wrote, she looked upon " that
lovely likeness " of his, but it did not seem like
sitting in the summer-house with him. She then
exclaimed, " That is a beautiful kiss you sent ma !
I send you one on a piece of lavender, that grows
under the fig-tree, which you have so often sat
with me under." She said she sometimes felt very
dull without him, and could hardly overcome her
feelings, but she tried not to let: it be seen ; but
she said, "I do not mind telling you dearest,
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.' " She
told the defendant that on the preceding evening
she was looking at the moon, and thought that
very likely he was looking at it too, and concluded
with these words —"My love, with a kiss for you
my own dear Samuel, believe me your own fond
and affectionate Annie." The defendant went on
from Ramsgate to Dover, and then wrote another
letter to "my own dearest Annie." He said he
could not tell her what sort of evening he had
spent in Ramsgate without her. He went to hear
"that splendid band on the cliff," but it had no
charms for him, for " his thoughts were not there,
but far away in London." He said " the niggers
were there," as usual, and he listened to them for a
short time, and walked away, thinking of you in
London. What made it worse to hint was "it was
such a calm and beautiful night ; not a ripple on the
bread deep ocean," and the brightest moon he ever
saw, " shining in glorious splendour over the waters
reflecting the shadows of the vessels as they calmly
and serenely made their way across." He regretted
the absence of the plaintiff, and that she, too, could
not see that magnificent sight ; but, "Oh I" said
he, " you know these two lines :-
644 Absence makes the heart grow fonder.'"
He then went on to say that, as he sat on the cliff,
with all gay persons around him, musing in him-
self, and gazing on the scene before him (he would
not mind telling his " dear") " a tear stood in his
eye," and he turned, and said to himself, " I will
look no more." He said that the music sounding in
his ears, and the moon and water before him, he felt
quite overcome. After describing his assent up the
Castle•hill, and right out at the top where the flag-
staff was, 495 feet above the sea, he begged the
plaintiff to write him one of her " touching letters,"
and to " accept a kiss to-night again, my dear, from
your own Samuel." Thus the plaintiff and defend-
ant spent the three years and eight months during
which the courtship lasted ; and the time had
nearly come when, as prudent people, it was con-
sidered by the defendant they might be married.
The defendant had obtained a situation as foreman
at Squire's, the chemist's, in Coleman-street, and his
salary had been raised from £7O to £BO and to £9O
a-year, and according to the defendant's own view
of what was prudent they were to be married when
it had reached £lOO a-year. Just when matters
were nearing this long-expected finale, and " all
went merry as a marriage bell," the defendant on
the 12th of June, 1860, suddenly broke off the con-
nection by a letter which he handed to the plaintiff
at the street door, after lie had spent the evening
with her as usual, and kissed her in the
passage at parting. The young lady, on
receiving the letter, and mistaking its pur-
port, rushed into the kitchen to her mother, with a
glad face, called for a light, and Went into the par-
lour to read ; but she had not power to read far,
for she soon found that it dashed all her hopes, and
she fell down in a fainting fit. The usual efforts
to restore her proving ineffectual, it was proposed
to send for " Samuel," and the plaintiff's father
went to hira, but he refused to come, saying he

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would not open the wound again, that he had done
it for the lady's own good, for he was satisfied there
was such difference between their friends that they
could not live happily together. The defendant's
mother also urged her son to adhere to his resolu-
tion, saying," No, no ; don't go back." The result
was that the defendant adhered to his resolution, as
expressed in his letter, that "all further engage-
ments must come tc an end." The letter in which
the defendant explained the grounds of his resolu-
tion was a very lengthy one, and in it he said he
had not come to that conclusion hastily, but " after
some months of such earnest prayer and mental
anguish that he never before felt." The first reason
which he gave was in these words, " Tour reserve,
coolness, and distance to all my friends." He ac-
cused her of never coming to see any of his family,
except when he was there, and then she came for
him. He said his family had not advised him to
say anything about it, though they had often men-
tioned it ; and he was afraid, if it was so then, what
might it be if they were to get married The
second reason given was her " entire want of con-
versation with himself." He said he once thought
her to be " shy," but it could not be that then.
He said he had many a time spent whole even-
ings with her, and she had not engaged in any
conversation, though he had often tried. He
reminded her that God had endowed them with
" thinking powers," and that it was not likely
that they could live in "unmixed happiness"
when she could sit for an hour or two without
saying anything. He said that many a time,
after leaving her in the evening, he had been con-
demned for spending the time God had so gra-
ciously given him without having made any good
use of it, or even enjoying social conversation with
her. He said he did not write by desire of his
friends, but, of course, he had mentioned it to his
mother, and '• she had told him to wait till God
directed him what to do." He solemnly declared
that he was acting from no other motive than what
he had said, for he had no thought of any other
lady, and he knew it would be a great trial to the
plaintiff, as well as to himself. After telling the
plaintiff that he had prayed more for her to God to
give her His grace than he had done for himself, he
said " These three years and a half, I cannot help
saying, have passed on the whole pleasantly,'some-
times cloudy—often so to me ;" but he could not
enter into a union such as nothing but death could
sever at the risk of the happiness of all who were
concerned. He then requested her to write, as it
would be more congenial to him "to settle by
letter," and concluded his letter with, " I remain,
yours truly, Samuel Dean."

- At the Close of the plaintiff's case,
Mr. Matthews took an objection that the pro•
mise alleged was not proved, as the evidence
showed that the promise made was to marry when
the defendant had £lOO a year.
Mr. Justice Blackburn said that was quite im-
material, for he should tell the jury that the letters
supported the declaration, and, if necessary, he
should amend it.

Witnesses were then called on the part of the
defendant. Mrs. Dean, the defendant's mother,
stated that she was the chapel-keeper, and had a
salary of £35 a year. The defendant lived with her
and paid 14s. a week for partial board and lodging,
and she gave some evidence of a conversation with
the plaintiff when she returned to her the defendant's
letters, to the effect that she had said the defendant
promised to marry her when he had £lOO a-year.
She said her son never walked out with any young
lady, for she said, amid loud laughter, which
the old lady seemed not to understand, that
her son was " very cautious." She said she had
not influenced her son in the course which he had
taken, though she admitted that when the lady's
father called to fetch her son she said to him, " No,
no ; don't go back."

Mr. Squire, the defendant's master, was called,
and said he had never paid the defendant more than
£9O a-year salary.
The learned council having again addressed the
jury for their respective clients,
Mr. Justice Blackburn summed up the evidence,
and the jury found for the plaintiff—damages, £75.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALLS'-MONDIY.

A very numerous attendance of subscribers, comprising
many of the most influential backers of horses, excited ex-
pectations early in the afternoon that business would be
briskly pursued. These anticipations were, however, dis-
appointed, and every movement was more indicative of
" trying the prices" than a desire to oarry on legitimate
operations.

LIVE2tPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
Anatis, upon an increased outlay, was supported at 12 to
1, and at two points more the Emperor was backed for
money, and Cockatoo was in demand at 15 to 1. 20 to 1
was the highest offer against Old Ben Roe, but backers
required two points higher odds. Both the Tattler and
Jean de Quesne had an upward tendency at the odds
quoted. Bridegroom was asked after, but, beyond a few
stray shots at 25 to 1, nothing was done. Tom Moody,the
stable companion of Anatis, made his first appearance, and
was backed at 40 to 1, but towards the close anything be-
yond 30 to 1 could not be obtained. Goldsmith, who ap-
peared in bad odour, lacked supporters, and left off at 100 to
3, taken. Huntsman was touched upon at 50 to 1, and 7to
1 to " half-a-century" was booked about Freshman and
Anatis coupled.