The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-12 00:00:00

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the parties should have every facility afforded them in
order that he might detect them. Would swear that he
did not sit upon the tiles dressed in woman's clothes, in
order to watch Mrs. Lyle anal the defendant. He made a
rough model of the " indicator," but he was not aware
whether it was in court or not.
Mr. James said the model should be produced if his
learned friend wished to see it.
Serjeant Parry said he really had no desire to see it. He
had been shocked quite enough already. (A laugh.)
Cross-examination continucd—Believed that after the
discovery was made they had a glass of brandy and water all
roan I. (A. laugh.) After this they all went back to the
house. There was gin and water on the table. He stole a
bottle of gin from Mr. Herbert's bedroom at the time of the
discovery. It wa, Mr. Lyle'a gin, and he had his authority
for taking it. They had pickled salmon, gin, and tea, but he
cou'd not say whether the meal was supper or breakfast;
but it was more like breakfast than supper, because it was
in the middle of the ni;ht. A. wait was issued the next day
wit ieu serv€d it upon the defendant,. By witness's
advice Mr. Herbert was allowed to remain in the house all
day after the transaction, and he t ok his boots away in
order that he might not leave. (A. laugh.) He insisted
upon having the arrangement of everything, or else he
would not have interfered in the affair.
This closed the case for the plaintiff ; and
Sergeant Parry having intimated that he did not intend
to call any evidence—
Mr. James proceeded to sum up the plaintiff 's case.
Mr. Sergeant Perry said that his learned friend, in the
opening of the ca.e, had alluded to the proceedings that
were going on in the Legislature to abolish actions of this
description, and all he could say was that if there was a
doubt on the mind of any person as to the propriety of abo-
lishing a practice which enabled a husband to make a traffic
of the honour of his wife the disgusting facts that had been
proved during the present inquiry would effectually re-
more that doubt, and show the necessity of doing away
with such a course of proceeding, which was looked
upon as a d:sgraco to our land and as a scandal and
contempt to the administration of justice by all foreign
juriso. His learned friend had said that he should treat
the case with ridicule, and he certainly should do so, for a
more ridiculous and at the same time disgusting case he—
and he believed he might say every one, including the
learned judge, who had had great experience in these
matters—had never heard of. Had any one over heard
such evidence as that given by the witness Taylor? Was
it possible for any one to hear him talk of his indicator,
or rather hie " ertinconometer," witbocil having his risible
muscles excited to the utmost degree. - (Laughter, in
which Welcomed judge could not help joining.) The jury,
by the present state of the law, were called upon to assess
the damages that a husband was entitled to for the mental
anguish he sustained by reason of the seduction of his
wife ; but "just fancy," said the learned counsel, " what
an amount of mental anguish must be sustained by a man
who could sit for an hour and a half in a room adjoining
the bedroom in which he supposed his wife to be with the
adulterer coolly drinking gin and water, and watching the
" indicator" to ascer'Jain the exact period when his dis-
honour was completed. The learned serjeant urged in
conclusion that the evidence was by no means conclusive
that the defendant was guilty of the charge imputed to
him.
The jury after a short deliberation, returned a verdict
for the plaintiff.—Damages, one farthing.

Naval and Military intelligence.

The steam transport Imperatriz, Captain Cox, embarked
yesterday at Portsmouth the companies of Royal Marine
Light Infantry from Chatham, reported in The Sun of
yesterday, and the following officers and men from the
Portsmouth division :—Captains Jackson and Driver,
Lieutenants Mead, Connor, Armstrong, and O'Grady,
Assistant-Surgeons Shaw and Little, 8 sergeants, 8 cor-
porals, and 150 privates. Captain Elliot and family and
Dr. Charlton take passage in her to Ascension.
The East India Company's troopship Agamemnon yester-
day embarked the following troops at Gravesend from the
Provisional Battalion at Chatham,—viz., 250 non-com-
missioned officers and men of the 10th Foot and 84th Regi-
ment, with the following officers :—Captain J. Cater,
Lieutenant P. B. Lucas, Lieutenant C. A. Armstrong, and
Ensign J. Ball, 10th Foot ; Captain W. Du Vernet, Lieu-
tenant F. A. Davidson, and Lieutenant P. Chute, 84th
Regiment. Captain Du Vernet, who commands the rein-
forcements for the 84th Regiment, was on board the ill-
fated vessel Runnymede on that ship being cast away on
the Andaman Islands, on which occasion he commanded
detachments of the 10th and 50th Queen's Own.
The Lady Jocelyn clipper arrived in Queenstown on
Saturday with a detachment of the 54th Regiment on
board. On that day the second division of the 2d battalion
of the Rifle Brigade embarked. The division consisted of
14 officers and 350 men. At half-past three on Sunday she
steamed out of the harbour and commenced her voyage for
India. The Lady Jocelyn has a small auxiliary steam
power.
Letters have been received at Southampton from the
screw steamship Golden Fleece, dated Saturday night, in
the Channel, stating that she passed the James Baines
and the Champion of Seas going down Channel, in tow
of powerful steamtugs, and with fore and aft canvass
set. The Fleece left Spithead six hours after the ab eve-
named clippers, and passed them the same evening. All
was going on well on board the steamer ; the weather
was very unfavourable. The voyage of these ships and
the Lady Jocelyn is looked forward to with considerable
interest by nautical men. Capt. Hall, of the Golden
Fleece, confidently anticipates that she will make the
passage from Spithead to Calcutta in from 60 to 65
days.
The reinforcements of the 821 (Prince of Wales's Volun-
teers) will leave Chatham garrison this morning and em-
bark on board the Australian, at Portsmouth, fur India.
The detachment will consist of 90 non-commissioned
officers and men under the command of Lieutenant J. A.
Er )ck.
The Lords of the Admiralty yesterday signified their
intention of going down to Woolwich to muster the
dockyard establishment. They likewise issued instruc-
tions to Colonel-Commandant Brown to assemble the
entire force of Royal Marine garrison in the barrack
square on the same occasion, for a general inspection,
at 10 o'clock a m. to-day.
The Lords of the Admiralty have decided on having
a uniform system of accounts kept at all the divisions
of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, and in order to
effect this Captain G. ilookey, paymaster of the Chat-
ham division, and Mr. W. Walker, of the Admiralty,
have visited the head-quarters of the various divisions
for the purpose of investigating the system of accounts
kept at each.
The Jasper and Jasseur, screw gunboats, will be ready
by the 22d for service in India.
The Py:arles, 21, screw, has gone into No. 1 dock at
Portsmouth for examin dion and repairs. She will fit
forthwith for service in China.
The Russell, 60, screw block ship, is in Sheerness basin,
orders having been received in that yard to prepare her for
commission • there are various reports afloat as to the fu-
ture service for which she is intended, but as nothing de-
finite appears known we refrain from spreading rumours.
The Vesuvius, 6, paddle, Commodore C. Wise, was at
Sierra Leone on the 18th July, and from a letter received
horn her we aro happy to report that " there was no sick-
ness onboard either of her or the Brune. She called in at
Madeira and St. Vincent, and had a very tedious passage
out, having to tow her tender, the Brune, the greater part
of the way out there ; but contrary to general expectation,
the Brune was found a far better sea boat than anticipated,
and the gallant commodore has been heard to express him-
self to the effect that, in consequence of her answering so
well, and drawing such a slight draught of water, it was
almost a pity she had not gone to China. Be that as it
may, as thins have turned out, and considering the nature
of the coast of Africa rivers, she must prove highly ser-
viceable in exploring those shallow waters, where it is
kitown that inhuman traffic is carried on to an alarming
extent, principally because our slavers now cannot proceed
up those various shoal rivers."
The steam despatch gunboats Assurance, Sparrowhawk,
and Cormorant, fitting out at Portsmouth for the India
coax., are to be ready by Saturday next. They are well
manned, and having their rig altered to barks.
Her Majesty's ships St. Vincent, 101, Captain Eyres,
C. 8., and Blenheim, 60, Captain the Hon. F. T. Pelham
C. 8., returned to Spithead yesterday from their special
service at Spithead, and resumed their former occupa-
tions ; the Cambridge, 72, Captain Jerningham, and the
Devastation, 6, Commander Marshall, left for Davenport ;
the Barracouta, 6, Commander Fortescue, left for the
eastward ; and the Pylados, 21, Captain De Courcy went
into dock to have her copper examined.
The screw steam transport vessels Sydney and Victoria
dropped down yesterday evening to Woolwich, from the
Victoria Dock, to prepare for the embarcation of the four
companies of Royal Artillery under orders for India, as
well as the Adelaide, from Deptford, to embark the Royal
Marine force for China.
The screw steamship lmperaclor, Captain Atkins, hav-
ing embarked Colonel Rocker's detachment from the Ply-
mouth battalion, and the detachment of the Royal
Marines from Gosport, left Plymouth Sound on Monday
afternoon for China.
Mr. Eastman's six breech-loading cannon, recently im-
ported from America, were yesterday tried on the Arsenal-
wharf, Woolwich, under the supervision of Lieutenant-
Colonel Wilmot, Supezintendent. of Government gun fac-
tories at Woolwich, and having been twice fired with a
double charge of blank cartridge namely 201 b. of
'powder—they were examined, anti found to have stood the
test satisfactorily. The guns were simply pointed, and
placed in position on a temporary platform, composed of
rough and unsecured planks, and from their enormous
weight-17 tons---they did not, evince the slightest move;
ment, nor recoil. The material of which they are cast is
American charcoal iron of the finest quality.. Frorun:on
periments made in the United States this specierf.
is found to project a 32-pound elongated rafts 11
t ° recently
flight of four English miles. The huge. (?! Tiler a
few days in the
constructed at Blackwall, under the. charmear of Lord
Palmerston, is expected to be proved& nlatform of 36 feet
long range of the Woolwich marsh,
o' by 32 feet having been erected for
thatWoolwich PpurpoElo.
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NT.—At the Mansion-House
EXTEWSIVE E3lREczzr,LaErrtEs
Henry Langley, a respect-
ye,=terday,
Thomasman clerk to Messrs. Chaplin and Horne,
ahly-dressed
extensive carriers, W 33 charged with having embezzled
n 1 belonging to his employers. The prisoner, who
B:ays 'remanded, said betting was the cause of his die-
honesty.
PRICE or GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about' 5 per mine premium, and the short exchange on
London is 25.20 per 11. sterling. On comparing these
rates with the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d,. per
ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold i. 4 about
4 10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in IL:m(1mo. By
advices from Hamburg the price of gol dis 4221 per
mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4 per 11.
sterling. Standard gold at the English '.dint price is
rather more than 1-10th percent. dearer in' tlamburg than
in London. The course of exchange at New York on
London for bills at 60 days' sight 1.8 1091 per cent
which, when compared with the Min',; par between the
•
two countries, shows that the exchange is sligbt)Y_ for
in favour of England ; and, after reaking a110wa!,"_...8
charges of tran,port and differences of Inters .et, the pre
sent rate leaves a trifling profit on the in3,;19.!"" •
gold from the United States.