The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-03 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE MURDER OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.—The trial
of George Harris for the wilful murderof Barnett Zusman,
at Strickly, was resumed on Saturday. Mr. John Mantle,
chain manufacturer, Birmingham, said he was in the
habit of supplying Mr. Cohen, Zusman's employer, with
chains. The gold chain which the prisoner gave to
Francis Ketley on the 12th May as security for a loan of
£2, and also the chain which he gave to Enoch Corbett on
the sth of May in consideration of a loan of 75., were
placed in the hands of the witness, who identified them as
being of his manufacture. Another witness was told by
the prisoner on the day of the murder that the deceased
was shot by a pistol. The prisoner's schoolmaster had an
interview with Harris, and the latter said that he
knew who was the murderer but dared not tell. This
closed the case for the prosecution, and the jury were given
into the hands of the sheriff to be locked up over
Sunday.
THE RIOTS AT ASIITON.—The trial of the twelve Irish-
men—Flynn, Flannag,han, Hanley, Kenny, Carney, Duff,
Cusick, Hasley, Delaney, M`Dermott, Quinn, and
Flannery— charged with riot and assault at Ashton on
the 10th May, resulted in the conviction of nine of the
number, Hanley, Quinn, and Flannery being acquitted.
Eight more rioters were subsequently placed at the bar,
but the evidence against them had not been completed
when the court rose.

GETTING OUT OF A TRAIN BEFORE STOPPING.-At the
Manchester Assizes, Mr. Lilly, a Brazilian merchant,
brought an action against the Manchester South Junction
Railway, for injuries sustained by him on the defendants'
line. The train by which the plaintiff was travelling
stopped, and he got out upon the step, when the train
again moved forward some yards, and he was thrown down
on the platform, and injured his right hand so badly that
he was unable to follow his business for three months.
The defence was that the train had not stopped, and that
plaintiff getting out too soon, the accident was the result
of his own, and not the company's negligence. Verdict for
defendants.

THE ATLANTIC CABLE. —ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT 07
LATENT.—In Vice-Chancellor Ciffard's Court, an appli-
cation was made on behalf of Mr. Pigott (who is plaintiff
In an action against the Anglo-American Telegraph Com-
pany for an alleged infringement of a patent) for leave to
Inspect the mode by which the defendants' cable is worked
and signals are transmitted along the same, and also the
process by which certain difficulties arising from the resist-
ance of the cable to the passage of the electro-magnetic
current are avoided. The plaintiff's case was not con-
cluded at the rising of the court.

DAMAGES FOR Loss OF A IftsnAND.—At the York
,ai_ssizes, the case of Scott v. the North. Eastern Railway
Oompany was heard, Mr. Donald Scott was agent
Is Major Stapylton, of Myton Hall. On the 23rd
a last April ho was travelling, on the defendants'
p.ilway, when a collision occurred at Reskelf, in which
Sir. Scott was killed. The negligence of the defendants
was admitted, and they paid into court £3OO, and the
only question was whether Mr. Scott's life was worth
wore to his wife and family or not. At the time of his
;loath Mr. Scott had ten children, who were of ages vary-
ing from 13 to 37, nearly all of whom were more or less
dependent upon him, and his place was said to be worth
£3OO a year. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff
for £270, in addition to the £3OO paid into court.

IRISII SUPERSTITION.—The superstitious belief
in the fairies—or " good people," as the people respectfully
call them—has not yet died out in Ireland. At the Rivera-
town petty sessions, county Cork, an old woman mimed
Mary Keefe was charged with obtaining money from
another, named Mary Murray, under the pretence that
the had constant communication with the fairies, and
through their influence could cure the complainant's child,
who was ill. fjho was sent for trial $Qs quarter
gesmo, a.

The new customs tariff for exports and import&
between Russia and the other parts of Europe, called "The
Russo-Europenn Tariff," will come into force in the year
180. The extra fivo per cent. hitherto levied will he aho-
ished.

The Springfield Republican says that " the jury
in the United States District Court at Boston, in the case
of James Long, master of the British brig Valorow, against
Francis Lonsoda, the British consul at Boston, for illegally
charging certain fees, without the payment of which the
consul refused to deliver up the register and ship's papers
necessary far the plaintiff to go to sea, have returned a
verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed, and
which ho paid under protest. The fees received by the
Consul at Boston from the masters of vessels engaged in
the coasting trade, of a similar character to those charged
against Captain Long, amount to 51.50,000 each year, and
it is at the instance of the Nova Scotian Government that
the above action was prosecuted, they having appointed
an tiger t to take charge of it."

Senator WilliamPinekney White, of Baltimore,
has taken his seat in succession to Reverdy Johnson.
Governor Swaun desired to give the place to himself, but
he could not without the aid of the Legislature, so he
appointed Mr. White.
An international convention is called to meet in
Portlan', Maine, on August 4, to consider the plans for
increased railway or canal communication between the in-
terior and the Atlantic seaboard, and also the vexed ques-
tion of free trade. Among the measures discussed will be
the Atlantic and Pacific railroad from Halifax, Nova
Scotia, to San Francisco, the Northern Pacific road from
St. Lawrence waters to Puget Sound, the Niagara ship
canal, the Clc,mplain canal, and new railroads from the
lakes to New England seaports.
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On Saturday evening the 3rd City of London Rifle
Volunteers, of which Lord Napier of Magdala has
accepted the colonelcy, was inspected by the gallant
general in the Regent's Park, in the presence of some seven
or eight thousand people. There were 448 men on parade,
forming eight strong companies ; but had the hour
fixed for the inspection (the corps being composed
chiefly of working men) been an hour later, there is no
doubt the muster would have been much stronger. The
regiment was formed up in line facing to the south, and
awaited the arrival of the general. Shortly before seven
o'clock a carriage containing Lady Napier and her father,
General Scott, drove into the enclosure and took up a posi-
tion near the saluting point, followed by one or two other
carriages containing friends of her husband and his family.
A few minutes after Lord Napier, who was attired in his
full-dress uniform of a general, with all his orders, and ac-
companied by Colonel Dillon, of the Rifle Brigade, who
acted as his aide-de-camp, entered the enclosure, and was
received by the regiment presenting arms, the band playing
" The Conquering Hero," and with a tremendous out-
burst of cheering from all sides of the vast assembly. At
the conclusion of the movements, Lord Napier addressed
the corps, and assured them that he was very much
gratified to find that the City of London could turn out so
admirable a body of working men as he saw before him as
volunteers. This was the first time he had had an oppor.
tunity of making an inspection of volunteers, and he NM
proud to be at the head of such a regiment. He knew
that a great deal of time and trouble must be sacrificed
to perfect themselves in drill as volunteers, even by inde-
pendent men, but what must be the case with a body of
working men who were compelled to toil and labour for
their daily bread by their occupations ? He was sure that
they must have made many sacrifices to become trained
in the drill and discipline which had brought their regi-
ment into that most creditable condition to enable them
to effect the military movements he had witnessed that
evening. The way in which they had gone through their
exercises was extremely creditable to Colonel Laurie and
to the officers and noncommissioned officers of the
regiment, and shewed a vast amount of application and
attention on the part of the men. He had no doubt
they had found that drill and discipline of service to
-them. They must all have found that the discipline
they had learned as volunteers had assisted them
in preserving order with regard to their domestic lives
which they did not previously possess, and he had
no doubt that they had felt and did feel that by becoming
members of the volunteer regiment they had rendered
themselves both individually and collectively a far more
important body in the community than they were before,
and he had no hesitation in expressing his belief that they
would continue to maintain that important position. He
desired to encourage them in shooting, and therefore had
much pleasure in presenting the regiment with a cup of
the value of £2O as a challenge cup.

DEATH OF FIELD-MARSHAL SIR E.

BLAKENEY.

We regret to announce that Field-Marshal Sir Edward
Blakeney, G.C.8., and G.C.IL, Governor of Chelsea Hos-
pital, died at his residence in that institution at an early
hour on Sunday morning. He was born at Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, and had reached the great age of ninety years. The
veteran field-marshal entered the army as cornet in the Bth
Light Dragoons in the early part of 1794 ; he afterwards ex•
changed into an infantry regiment, the 99th, in which he
was gazetted captain in September 1794, and in which
regiment be accompanied the expedition under Major-
General White, in 1796, to the West Indies, ant was
present at the capture of Demerara, Berbice, and Essequibo.
During his service in those parts he was three times taken
prisoner by privateers, and suffered insuperable hardships
during the time he was prisoner. He was at the evacua-
tion of St. Domingo in 1793, and returned home with his
regiment. In 1799 he accompanied the expedition to
Holland, and was present in the actions of the 10th
19th September, and also on those of the 2nd and Gth
October. He was afterwards engaged in active service in
Minorca in 1800 and 1801. In 1807 he sailed with the
Royal Fusiliers to the Baltic, joined Lord Cathcart's expo-
dition, and was present at the capture of the Danish fleet
and surrender of Copenhagen. Afterwards he again pro-
ceeded on foreign service, and in 1809 was at the taking of
Martinique. In 1811 he joined the British army at Lisbon as
major and brevet lieutenant colonel, commanding the Ist
Battalion 7th Fusiliers, and during that and the following
campaigns of 1812, 1813, and 1814 he was present at the
battles of Busaco and Albuera, in which desperately and
bravely-contested action and decidel victory he was
severely wounded through the thigh. The late Viscount
Hardinge, who was at the time deputy quartermaster•
general of the Portuguese army, in a letter addressed to Sit
George Lowry Cole, in alluding to the "clanger" and glory
of the (lay, wrote : " The Fusiliers exceed anything that
the usual word gallantry can convey." As well known,
it was one of the most desperately and bravely-fought
actions for the numbers engaged on both sides that took
place during the war. He was also present at the action
of Aldea de Polite, the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo amdßadajoz,
where he was severely wounded through the arm at the
assault. He likewise was present at the battles of Vitt°,
via, Pampeluna, Pyrenees, and Nivelle, besides various
minor actions with the enemy. In 1814 he accompanied
his regiment, the Royal Fusiliers, to America, to join the
force against New Orleans, and was present at the assault
of the lines before that place. In 1815 he joined the
army in Belgium, after the battle of Waterloo, and was
present at the capture of Paris. In 1826 he proceeded to
Portugal,with a force commanded by Gen. Sir Wm. Clin.
ton, in the command of the let Brigade. In 1828 he was
appointed to the staff in Ireland ; and from 1838 to 1855
commanded the forces in that country. He was a Privy
Councillor of Ireland since 1836 ; was nominated a Knight
Grand Cross of the Bath in 1849, and in 1835 was made,
by William IV., a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal
Hanoverian Gn^lphic Order. From 1832 to December
1854 he was colonel of the 7th Regiment Royal Fusiliers,
when he was transferred to the Ist Regiment of Foot,
which becomes vacant by his death. He was colonel in
chief of the Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade, which he
had held since August, 1865. Sir Edward was a Knight of
the Tower and Sword of Portugal, a distinction conferred
upon him in 1812. He had received the gold cross
and one clasp for Martinique, Albuera, Badajoz,
Vittoria, and Pyrenees, and the silver war medal
with four clasps, for Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo,
Nivelle, and Nive. His commission bore date
as follows :—Cornet, February 28, 1794 ; lieutenant,
September 24, 1794 ; captain, December 24, 1794 ; major,
September 17, 1801; lieutenant-colonel, April 25, 1808;
colonel, June 4, 1814 ; major-general, May 27, 1825 ;
lieutenant-general, June 28, 1838 ; general, June 20,
1854 ; and field marshal, November 9, 1862. The late
Sir Edward was appointed lieutenant-governor of Chelsea
Hospital in 1855, and in the following year, on the death
of Sir Colin Halkett, was made governor of that asylum.

A monster melon, weighing forty-two pounds,
WAS sold in the Paris markets last week for V.

PUBLIC ACTS TN THE LATE SESSION.—In the
late session 130 public Acts were passed, against ;-
the preceding session.

THE ARCHBISHOP OP CANTERBURY.—Tho john,
Bull, in mentioning that the Archbishop of Canterbury
has left Addington Park for the Continent, states that
his Grace will be absent about six weeks. lHs Grace's last,
act was to write to the Queen's Advocate, his Vicar.
General, expressing his desire that arrangements
might be made for the consecration of a new
bishop for Natal in this country. A society,
as we have already announced, has been formed
to carry out the desires of the Archbishop in tho
matter.

MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—The Right Hon.
B. Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Disraeli leave town on Wed-
nesday for Hughenden Manor, Bucks; the Lord President
of the Council left his residence in St. James's-square
on Friday, for Cowes ; the Earl of Malmesbury will
leave town to-day for the North ; the Duke of Buck.
ingham left Chandos House on Saturday for Wotton,
Bucks; Sir John Pakington will leave town to-morrow
for Westwood Park, his seat in Worcestershire ; Mr.
Gathorne Hardy left town on Friday for his seat near
Staplehurst ; the Earl and Countess of Mayo left on
Saturday for their seat, Palmerston House, county
Kildare ; Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart., leaves Osborne
to-day for Exeter. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Stanley,
the Right Hon. the First Lord of the Admiralty, and
Lord John Manners remain at present in town.

EMIGRATION' FROM LIVERPOOL. - The Govern-
ment officials at Liverpool on Saturday issued their usual
monthly report of the emigration from the Mersey.
From their statistics we learn that under the Act 21.
ships sailed to the 'United States, with 85,868 passen.
gers, consisting of 501 cabin and 85,376 being steerage ;
of the latter 3,829 were English, 811 Scotch, 1,649
Irish, and 2,727 foreigners ; the cabin are included
in the nationalities. To Canada there were five
ships, with 1,772 passengers, of whom 763 were English,
no Scotch, 96 Irish, 913 foreigners. To Victoria, one ship,
with 616 passengers, of whom 247 were English, 93 Scotch,
252 Irish, and 24 foreigners. The vessels which sailed not
under the Act are as follows : —For the United States,
eight ships, 673 passengers ; Newfoundland, one ship,
with six passengers ; Victoria, three ships, with 79 pas.
sengers ; South America, four ships, with 70 passengers ;
Africa, two ships, with 24 passengers; China, one ship,
with 27 nassenzers.

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