The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-04 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

OMNIBUS DRIVERS.—WiIIiam Evans, driver of
omnibus 6,060, belonging to the London General
Omnibus Company, appeared before Mr. Knox to
answer a summons for by carelessness and wilful
misbehaviour causing damage to an 0mnibu5,,6,299,
belonging to Mr. Frederick Meredith, of 195,
Edgware-road, and John Ilotham, driver of omni-
bus 6,299, was summoned for damaging the omni-
bus belonging to the London General Omnibus
Company.

Froggatt appeared for notham, and Mr.
Abrams for Evans.

John Ilotham, driver of omnibus 6,299, said that
on the afternoon of the 26th ult., about three
o'clock, the defendant Evans's omnibus nursed him
all down the E igware-road, and some distance
down Oxford-street, where Evans flagged his off-
side horse and drove him on the pavement, and
then drove on. His omnibus was damaged to the
amount of £2.

In cross-examination the complainant Ilothatn
admitted that he had been several times summoned,
and once imprisoned for offences connected with
omnibus driving.

Mr. Henry Mitchell, a tradesman in Oxford-street,
spoke of seeing the omnibus driven by the com-
plainant, and that driven by the defendant coining
along Oxford-street at a furious rate, in fact racing
each other, and a shop blind was knocked off by
one of them. He had come forward for the protec-
tion of the public, feeling that there was too much
of the system of racing and furious driving
going on.

Mr. Knox said he quite agreed with what Mr.
Mitchell had stated.

Mr. Abrams said he should decline to put Evans
into the witness-box, but he would call a witness.
Mr. Edward James Woodward said he was riding
outside the defendant Hotham's omnibus when they
got on the pavement. - Both omnibuses were going
very fast.

Mr. Knox said it was quite time for the protec-
tion of the public that something was done to put
an end to the system of furious driving and racing
going on amongst omnibus drivers. In the present
case the furious driving had been proved against
each of the drivers, and he should commit Evans
for a month and llotham for 11 days each, with
hard labour.

ROBBERY AT LIEUT.-GENERAL DERVILLE'S.—
Laura Scott, a good-looking girl, was charged be-
fore Mr. Knox with stealing some oil paintinip,
jewellery, &c., the property of her mister, Lieut.-
General A. Derrille, residing at No. 7, Bolsover-
street.

The prosecutor engaged the prisoner about three
weeks ago as a servant, and directly afterwards he
b:?gan to miss property. She went out yesterday,
and while she was gone her boxes were loosened,
and some of the missing property being found
therein she was taxed with the robbery, and pro-
mised forgiveness if she would state where the re-
mainder of it was, but she declined to do so, and
the result was that a constable was sent for, and
she was given into custody.
The prisoner was committed for six months with
hard labour.

WESTMINSTER.
IliGnwAY RoßßEßy.—James Johnson alias Mi-
chael Leary, a notorious thief, and James Broad,
were placed at the bar charged with a daring high-
way robbery in Victoria-street, Westminster.
Mr. David Mason sworn--I live at 30, Denbigh-
street, Pimlico. lam a licensed victualler out of
business. On Tuesday last, between four and five
in the afternoon,
I was walking along Victoria-
street. In my right-hand waistcoat pocket
I had a silver watch with a guard-chain
fastened to my button-hole. Just as I passed a
street, which I understand is called Orchard-street,
the prisoner Broad came up and snatched my
watch out of my pocket. It was done very quickly
and cleverly. The moment he took the watch I
was thrown violently on the pavement. I fell on
my side, and I was much hurt. Broad got a may
with my watch. I have not seen it since.

Mr. Selfe—Who threw you down?
Complainant—l can't say,
it was done so sud-
denly. Had it not been for a railway rug on my
arm my face would have been much injured. I
gave information to the police.
Mr. Selfe—Are you quite sure of the identity of
your man?

Complainant—Quito sure about Broad.
Mr. Selfe—Did you see the other prisoner ?

Complainant—l did not.
Mr. 'William Bennett Coates, a gentleman in the
Civil Service, said that, attracted by a crowd
gathering round the prosecutor, he observed two
men running from him. The prisoners, in general
appearance, resembled them.
A little girl, named Ramage, said she saw both
men distinctly, and they were the prisoners. John-
son was well known to her personally.
Inspector Holmes said there was another charge
against Johnson in the county of Middlesex. He
had been long wanted.

Mr. Selfe said he would take the other charge on
a future day.

Prisoner was remanded.

INTERNATIONAL ROW ING MATCH. —A rowing
match, which is likely to create interest both in this coun-
try and America, is expected to come off next month.
either in British or Transatlantic waters. The challenger
are the Ward Brothers, of ;,New York, who recently pro-
posed the match to the Humber Rowing Club, the
stakes to be £7OO, with £l2O for expenses. Tho Humber
Rowing Club has accepted the challenge, and has
selected a famous Clyde crew, the brothers Calder-
head, of Greenock, to dispute the championship of the two
worlds with the Wards. The Calderheads only a few weeks
since, at the Hull regatta, defeated every crew against
whom they were pitted, and it is probably duo to this fact
that they have been taken up by the Humber Club. They
have agreed to row for the club, either in England or
America, and have already gone into training in prepara-
tion for the event. Tho race will be pulled in four-oar
outriggers, NI ithout coxswains or rudders, and for a dis-
tance of from four to six miles.

THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE IRON TRADE.—Bir -
/niaghani, Sept. 3.—Tho reports relative to the state of the
iron trade of South Staffordshire and Eat Worcestershire
continuo to be of a more satisfactory character. At the
Exchange in this town to-day there was a fair attendance,
and the tone was of a character to indicate that the in-
creased animation lately reported is maintainedl. At all
the principal works they have an increasing demand for
most descriptions of manufactured iron, but until the rail-
way companies again come into the market the trade will
not attain any degree of buoyancy. Tho demand for pig-
iron the make of the district is rather better.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The Frederick William, 74, screw (unarmoured,
wooden) line-of-battle ship, 3,241 tons, 500-horse
power, recently doing duty on the Shannon as
Coastguard ship, having transferred her officers and
crew, at Portsmouth, to* the Valiant, 24, screw
(armoured, iron) frigate, and been dismantled, is
ordered to be towed round to Sheerness, where it.is
said to be the intention of the Admiralty to break
her up. The Valiant, under the command of Capt.
John J. Kennedy, C. 8., will succeed the Frederick
William is her duties as Coastguard ship ou the
Shannon, and will thus, with the Hector and other
4--inch plated iron frigates, form a second line, of
the navy's defence.
The screw steam gunboat Dottcrell, Lieut.-Com-
mander Win. G. Scott, from South America, arrived
in the Sound yesterday afternoon.
The Sharpshooter, 6, screw (unarmourecl, iron)
sloop, 503 tons, 100-horse power, Lieut. Comman-
ding Blair S. Hamilton, recently returned to Eng-
land from a term of service on the south-east coast
of America, was paid out of commission yesterday,
at Portsmouth, under the superintendence of Cart.
F. B. P. Seymour, C. 8., flag captain to Port-
Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley, and Aide-de-Camp to
the Queen. The Sharpshooter last evening was re-
moved from alongside the dockyard to reserve har-
bour moorings, but her next removal will be to the
breaking-up dock.

Her MajPsty's screw frigate Forte, 29, 2,361 tons
400-horse power, Capt. John 11. J. Alexander, C. 8.,
Moored in Sheerness harbour, waiting for orders to
proceed to her destination on the East Indies Sta-
tion, was swung to-day for the adjustment of her
compasses, preparatary to leaving the Medway.
Her Majesty's screw sloop Eclipse, 6, 1,273 tons,
350-horse power, Capt. Henry Harvey, at Sheer-
ness, has received orders to proceed to Bermuda as
soon as her defects are made good. She will call at
Devonport en route.

Her Majesty's screw gun vessel Vulture is build-
ing in No. 2 dock in Sheerness dockyard from de-
signs furnished by the Chief Constructor. Her keel
has been laid, and her stem and stern post, together
with ten frames, have been put in place.
Yesterday a district court-martial assembled at
,Chatham garrison, under the presidency of Lieut.-
Col. C. C. Chesney, Royal Engineers, for the trial
of Colour-Sergeant Peter Logan, 50th Queen's Own
Regiment, and Colour-Sergeant Henry Clark, 2d
battalion Ist Royals, on charges connected with the
alleged embezzlement of certain moneys belonging
to the canteen of the Ist and 2d Depot Battalions,
of which they were sergeants in charge. The trial
of Sergeant Logan was first proceeded with, the
charge on which he was arraigned being for dis-
graceful conduct in fraudulently altering the stock-
book of the canteen belonging to the Ist and 2d
Depot Battalions with the intent to falsify the ac-
counts. The other prisoner was charged with hav-
ing misapplied certain moneys, amounting to nearly
£4O, belonging to the canteen committee. There
was also a further charge against Sergeant Clark of
having been eognip.aut of the alterations made by
Colour-Sergeant Logan in the stock-book. Cap'.
and Adjt. D. Reid, Ist Depot Battalion, acted as
official prosecutor.

Major George Berkeley Calcott, who died at his
residence, St. John's House, Blackheath, on the 29th
of August, in his 821 year, had served in the ca n-
paign of 1808 9 with the 431 Iteg:ment, and was
present at the battle of Vitniera, the retreat under
Sir John Moore, and the battle of Corunna. lie
took part in the expedition to IValcheren in 1809.
Lie was subsequently in the Peninsula, and was en-
gaged at the siege and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo
and Badajoz (where he was slightly wounded) ;
also at the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, the Pyre-
nees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse. lie took part
in the expedition to New Orleans. lle was engaged
in the campaign of 1815, and was present at the
capture of Paris. Ile received the war medal with
ten clasps.

Capt. Christopher Spencer Brearey, who died at
the age of 82, at York, on the 2d inst., entered the
army in 1808, was in the Waleheren expedition in
180►9 ; at the siege of Flushing, in the campaign of
1814 and 1815 iu Holland and the Netherlan Is, in-
cluding the action at Herzou ; bombardment of
Antwerp ; storming of Bergen-op-Zoom, storming
of Cantbray, Waterloo, and capture of Paris, &c.

71-1 E ROYAL NA LOYAL LIFEBO-iT
INSTITUTION.

Yesterday a meetiii;s of this institution was held
at its house, John-street, Adelphi, Sir E. Perrott,
Bart., V.P., in the chair. There were also present
Adthiral Gordon, IV. 11. liatton, Esq., Captain De
St. Croix, Admiral 1114llardy, Colonel Palmer, and
Captain Davi 1 Robertson, RN., the assistant in-
spector of lifeboats to the institution.

The minutes of the present meeting having been
read, rewards amounting to £l6O were voted to the
crews of the lifeboats of the institution for various
services during the past month. The lifeboat at
Curtown, Ireland, had gone off on the night of the
sth ult., during foggy weather, to the assistance of
the crew of the ship Empire Queen, of Dublin,
which had stranded on the Arklow Bank.
The boat remained alongside for some time
at the request of the master, and ultimately took
off twenty-one persons from the vessel and
brought them safely ashore. The Arklow lifeboat
had previously been off to the ship on the night
of the sth ult., and had brought ashore the second
mate with a message to Dublin for the assistance
of steam-tugs. Subsequently she went out again,
and on the last occasion succeeded, with the assist-
ance of two steam-tugs and a pilot boat, in taking
the vessel safely into Kingstown harbour. The
Cahir lifeboat of the society had also bean launched
to render assistance to this vessel, but seeing the two
other lifeboats there she returned to her station.
The Courtown lifeboat also went out on the 14th
ult., during a heavy gale of wind from the S.S.E.,
to the assistance of the crew of the schooner Annie
Jane, of Runcorn, which was in distress in the
roadstead. After some difficulty the ship was
reached, when six of the lifeboat men went on board
and succeeded in pumping her dry. The boat then
remained by the vessel some time, and her further
assistance being declined she returned to laud,
bringing with her the master's son and the men's
clothing. The schooner was afterwards beached,
and the crew rescued with ropes.
The lifeboat at Tenby was launched twice on the
22d ult., during a strong gale of wind, and brought
ashore the crew, numbering 20 persons, of the bri-
gantine Nameless, the schooner Emily Ann of Car-
narvon, the brigantine Helen Anna, of Cork, the
brig Peregrine, of Cork, and the schooner Sarah
Pringle, of Liverpool.

The Padstow lifeboat put off on the same day,
during a heavy W.N.W. gale, and rescued the
crew of four men of the French smack Jules Jose-
phine, which, while attempting to enter Padstow
harbour, had struck on the Doomed Bar Sand and
become a total wreck.

The Barmouth and Swansea lifeboats also went
out during stormy weather, and rendered assist-
ance to distressed vessels. The lifeboats at Porth-
cawl, Eastbourne, Hayle, Winchilsea, Cahore,
New Brighton, Sutton, Great Yarmouth, Perth-
dinllaen, Blakeney, and Padatow were also
launched to vessels in distress during the recent
gales.

The silver medal of the institution was voted to
Robert Roe, Esq., J.P., of Lynmouth, North
Devon, and ten guineas to some boatmen and
others, in acknowledgment of the gallant exertions
in assisting to save the lives of some of the crew of
the ship Home, of Bristol, which was wrecked in
Lynmouth Bay, ou the 22d ult., in a gale of wind
and a heavy sea. The boatmen engaged in this
service bad also received a liberal pecuniary reward
from a fund raised locally and elsewhere. Various
other rewards were also granted to the crews of
different shoreboats for saving life from recent
shipwrecks on our uaas'.

It was reported that Robert Ker, Esq, of Auellin-
reith, N. 8., and the members of his family, had, in
memory of Mr. Ker's eldest son, who was unfortu-
nately drowned on the coast of Aryllshire, pre-
sented the cost of a lifeboat establishment for
Southend (Cantyre) to the society, along with a
sum of money to endow it.

The Earl of Stafford had also given the institution

the lifeboat and equipments to be stationed at Wey-
mouth. A legacy of £lOO (less duty) had likewise
been received from the executors of the late Joseph
Hudson, Esq., of Barrow-upon-Soar. The late
Edmund Astrop, Esq., of Mel, had also be-
queathed £l9 19.3. to the Society. Payments
amounting to upwards of £5OO were ordered to
be made on various lifeboat establishments. Dur-
ing the past month new lifeboats and carriages
had been forwarded 1.0 Cleethorpes, on the coast
of Lincolnshire, aad Cromer, Norfolk. The Great
Eastern Railway Company have kindly given the
latter - baat a free conveyance over their line to
Norwich. Tile Cleethorpes boat, the Manchester
Unity, presented to the society by the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, was exhibited at tl-e Crystal
l'alaca and at Windsor, at the desire of the
Order, before being sent to her station, and subse-
quently a grand demonstration took place at
Grimsby and Cleethorpes on the occasion of the pre-
sentation and launch of the lifeboat, under the
superintendence of the inspector of lifeboats of the
institution, upwards of 50,000 persons being-present,
most of them having come by excursion trains
from inland towns for the occasion. The Cromer
lifeboat was to be inaugurated at the station today
(Friday). The whole cost of this lifeboat establish-
ment has been generously presented to the society
by Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., F.R.S. The
Broadstairs lifeboat was also publicly named and
launched at its station on the 25th ult., on the oc-
casion of the regatta at that place. It was stated
that the Earl of Dartmouth had organized exhibi-
tions of industrial work on his estate at Slaithwaite,
near Huddersfield, and Suudwell Hall, near Bir-
mingham, the articles shown to be afterwards sold,
and the proceeds given to the National Lifeboat In-
stitution. The subject of stationing a lifeboat at
Lynmoutb, North Devon, was brought under the
notice of the meeting, and received earnest atten-
tion. It was postponed for further inquiry, one of
the officers of the institution being instructed to
visit the locality. Reports were read from Captain
Ward, R.N., the inspector, and Capt. D. Robert-
son, R.N., the assistant-inspector of lifeboats to
the institution, on their recent visits to various life-
boat stations on the coast. The proceedings then
terminated.

TILE BRAEMAR GATHERING.
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ABERDEEN, Thursday Night.

The Braemar gathering was held to-day, when,
in addition to the local turn-out of spectators, there
was a considerable attendance of stranger tourists.
Unfortunately for the sports, rain fell heavily.
This, however, did not prevent the clans Duff and
Farquharson mustering strongly, officered by Vis-
count Macduff and Captain J. C. Farquharson.

Shortly after two o'clock the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales, accompanied by Prince John of Den-
mark acid Miss Knollys, . from Abergellie Castle,
arrived at the scene of the gathering, Old Mar
Castle, and were welcomed with great enthusiasm
by the Highlanders, who. drew up in double rank
to receive their Royal Highnesses. Among the
brilliant assemblage in front of the Castle were the
Earl and Countess of Fife, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness Townshend, Mr. Adrian and Lady Ida
Hope, the Ladies Duff, Prince George of Sohns,
CJlonel and Mrs. Farquharson, of Invercauld
Lord and Lady Norris, Ex-Governor Eyre, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Forbes, of Newe ; Colonel Ra-
leigh, &c. The games were keenly contested by the
respective clansmen, and the general success of the
gathering was not a little due to the foresight and
courtesy of Mr. Brown, factor on the luvercauld
estates.

111.111KE7 S-71115 DAY.

CORN.

Corn market very dull ; English wheat is lower, in face
of more supply. Foreign dull, at late rates.
The market opened with moderate supplies, but a dull
trade for everything but oats.

English wheat heavy on hand, and to effect silos is re-
duction had to be taken, although the quantity offered
was light.
Foreign wheat was not tressed for sale, and must be
quoted the same as on Monday, with a slow trade.
Flour not quotably altered, and also but very little
dose.
Oats.—A good demand, and Gd dearer.
Barley.—A slow sale, and drooping in price.
Beans and peas unaltered.
Oats in good supply ; demand also good ; prices Gd
higher.
Oilcakes quiet.