The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-29 00:00:00

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J. and C. Cocks, Reading, sole' Manufacturers.

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
6, New Bridge-street, London.
Chairman—HENßY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq.
Deputy-Chairman—ROßEßT BIDDIH.PH, Esq.

ADVANTAGES—
Mutual Assurance.
The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System.
The whole of the Profits divided every- Fifth Year.
An accumulated Capital of • • .. £1,575,000
During its existence the society has paid in Claims.. 1,455,000
Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Policies to
the extent of • • • • •• • • .•• • 890,000
The last bonus, declared in 1854, averaged 67/. per
cent. on the Premiums paid, and amounted to • •
Policies in force • • • • • •
The Annual Income exceeds • • .. • • •
The next Division of Profits will be made in 1859.
Assurances effected prior to 31st December,lBs9, will participate
in the Division of 1863.
Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application
to ALEXANDER MAtDONALD, Secretary.

397,000
7,437
240,000

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C.

DIRECTORS.
HENRY HULSE BERENS, Esq., Chairman.
JOHN G. HUBBARD, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.

John Dixon, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq.
Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Brt.,M.P.
Sir Walter it. Farquhar, Brt.
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P.
John -Harvey, Esq.
Jonn Labouchere, Esq.
john Loch. Esq.
Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq •

John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
James Morris, Esq.
Henry Norinan, Ess.
Henry R. Reynold's, Esq.
Sir Godfrey J. Thomas, Bart.
John Thornton, Esq.
James Tulloch, Esq.
Henry Vigne, Esq.

.TORS.
A. W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Lewis Loyd, Jun., Esq. _ I John Henry Smith, Esq.
George Keys, Esq., Secretary.
Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.-Under the provisions of an. Act of Par-
atment, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of
the Profits, with Quinquennial Division,"or a Low Rate of Premium
without participation of Profits.
The next division of profits will be declared in June, 1860, when
AR participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year
at Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits.
At the five divisions. of Profits made by this Company, the total
reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,0001.
At the last valuation at Christmas, 1854, the Assurances in force
amounted to upwards of 4,240,0001.0 the Income from the Life
Branch in 1854 was more than 200,0001.; and the Life Assurance
Fund (independent of the (.uaranteed Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001.
FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the Etk
srul West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the
United Btates of America, have been materially reduced.
INVALID LlVES.—Persons who are not in such sound health as
would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums
may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums.
LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their valnes, pro-
vided such Policies shalt have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained In each case a value not under 501.
ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, receive
and registered.
EDIi'AL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will be
made for volley Stamps.
Notice is hereby Given, That Fire Policies which expire at
Christmas arms, be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with
Mr. S kßis. , NO, 1, St. Jam, s's•street, corner of Pall Mall, or with
the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be-
come void.
Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company.

AUDI'

THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE
Atss RkNC E. SOCIETY.
1142, Strand, London.

Empowerel by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUR
ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c.

DIRECTORS.
EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D , Chairman.
Wm. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq.
Samuel King-Church, Esq. John Moss, Esq.
John Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., John Symes, Esq.
Joseph Thompson, Esq.
F. I Z.S.
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD.
Alexander Richardson, Esq.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Augustus Blondel, Esq.
AUDITORS.

Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford Yoang.
MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL.
J. Efflotson, M.D., Cantab , F.R S., 37, Conduit-street.
ACTUARY.

W.'S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S.,
ASSISTANT ACTUARY.
Barker Woolhonse, Esq.

BANKERS.
Mears. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lothbard-street.

SOLICITORS.

sressrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford-rem

'rho next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared in
May, 1860.'
Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 t

( From the Buckinghamshire Journal.)
This very interesting demonStration took place
on Tuesday evening last, the 22d inst., on a scale of
much greater magnitude than that of last year—
the number of working men in the procession
amounting to considerably more than 4,000; and
it is most gratifying to be able 'to state that every
individual in that vast assemblage conducted him-
self with the strictest propriety; indeed, so orderly
was the meeting, that the inspector, after a while,
withdrew the police altogether, perceiving, no
doubt, that their presence was quite superfluous.
The procession warted from the dld "churoh at
half-past six o'clock, headed by a van in which was
an excellent baud of musicians, followed imme-
diately by another van laden with Christmas pre-
sents, and carrying ' Messrs. Smith, Renshaw;
Rilett, and Bell. Both vans were profusely deco-
rated with flags and banners ; after these came 60
men carrying torolies, and-the large body of work-
ing men brought up the rear. Vast crowds of per-
sons assembled in the route of the
procession, and
cheered it as it passed along. When it arrived at
Mr. Lambert's house it halted, and Mr. Renshaw
read the following address :

" Rev. and Dar Sir,'=We, the working classes of
Haling, desire again' to express to you our heartfelt
sympathy for your sufferings, and our grief and astonish-
ment that these sufferings have been allowed to continue
so long.
" We consider you to be an ill-used and injured man.
We think that you have been most cruelly persecuted
and oppressed ; and we believe you ti be the victim of
a foul conspiracy.
" We hope, however, that the present 'Bishop of Lon-
don, who is universally spoken of •as a just and kind-
hearted man, will not any longer dalay to effaco from.
the Church the stain which this atrocious sentence has
left upon it, but will speedily rt-storsxou„to the flock
who stilt love and esteem you, smite thailVisition
of
usefulness and untiring txertiou which you had hereto-
fore occupied "amongsttheni.
"And we would earnestly pray the Almighty Dis-
poser of events to grant that the portion of life which
lie may yet spare to you may prove happier and more
peaceful than the past I And that it may please Him
to save and deliver you from your enemies, persecutors,
and slanderers, to disappoint their malice, and to turn
their hearts
" We now beg your acceptance of a Christmas pre-
sent, as a slight mark of esteem and affection, and of
our sincere wish to alleviate, in come small degree, the
burden of your adversity."
To this address Mr. Lambert returned nearly
the following answer :
My Dear Friends,—l assure you Ido not exag-
gerate in the very slightest degree when I say that
I cannot find language. which would adequately
express my gratitude to you on the present occa-
sion. I allude not only to the very welcome gift
which you have so kindly and so liberally. be-
stowed upon me, and which, will indeed go far to
" alleviate (as you say) the burden of my adversity;"
neither do I allude merely to the generous expres-
sions of sympathy contained iu the address which I
hold in my hand, and which has been just read
aloud by our worthy friend, Mr. Renshaw. But'
when I look at the vast assemblage before me--
when I see so many of the working men of Ealing
—some of them, perhaps; already wearied with
their day's hard labour, yet leaving their homes at
this late hour of the evening, and at this gloomy
season of the year to visit and to condole with a
destitute and forsaken man—(lone' cries of " No;
no, you're not forsaken ; we'll never forsake you")
—I declare to you that my heart is so completely
overpowered with emotion at such a manifestation
of kindly feeling towards me, that I cannot find
words to express my thankfulness. [Here the rev.
aentleinan was so much affected that he paused for
a few moments to recover himself; when he was

loudly cheered and again proceeded.] Kind and
generous treatment always affects me very power-
fully, and indeed I have not experienced much
kind or generous tre etment of lite. You say in
your address that you " consider me an ill-used
and injured man," that you "think I have been
cruelly persecuted and oppressed." (Loud cries of
"So you have been.") Well, to tell you the
honest truth; I 11111 almost inclined to think so
myself. When I call to mind that, on the inquiry
into the charges alleged against me before the
commissioners, it was not deemed fit that I
should be allowed to give any evidence -in my
own defence, or even that I should be per-
mitted to be present in court while my accusers
were bestring their testimony against me, I must
frankly confess to you that in this mode of pro-
ceeding there does- seem to me to hitve been
such a want of good, honest English fair play—such
an entire absence of even-handed justice—so re-
markable a divergence from the strict rule of
judicial impartiality which, I believe, generally
obtains in our courts of law, that I really think I
have some reason to complain ; for I am quite sure
that my statement, if I had been permitted to make
one, would have left upon the minds of the commis
sioners an impression very different indeed from
that which they received, and which they must na-
turally and necessarily have received, from the un-
contradicted testimony of my accusers. Elia, how-
ever, there was open to me the Court of Arches,
into which I might have carried my
ease for adju-
dication ; and I have not the slightest doubt that if
I had brought my case into that court I should
have obtained a decision in my favour. But, un-
fortunately; I was prevented from going into the
Court of Arches, by a message which I
received
from the authorities, urging me in very- earnest
terms to submit my case to the decision of the
Bishop, and assuring me that tc if [ would consent
to do so, I should be treated by bin'
with the
greatest possible clemency, as he Was then about to
retire from the superintendence of the Diocese,
and was anxious that his last judicial act should
be of the most lenient description. (Shame,
shame.) The message appeared Bo very kind and
considerate, -especially to a man in my impove-
rished ciehmstances, that I must ackqo wledge to
you Ise received it with a very high degree of satis-
faction, and with the warmest gratitude. Accord
ingly, I immediately proceeded to act .upon it ; I
submitted my.case to the decision of the Bishop,
instead of carrying it into the Court of Arches ; and
at the same time I addressed a letter to his Lord-
ship, protesting in the strongest terms against the
truth of the evidence produced
against me before
,
the commissioners. Whether the Bishop ever read
my letter or not—whether he ever received it or not,
—of course I cannot toll. but I have reason to
know that at that time the state of his health was
such that he was quite-disabled, b eth in body and
mind, from attending to business of any descrip-
tion whatever. This I have always lamented as a
very great misfortune to myeelf, for I believed there
never was a more just and conscientious man, or a
man more amiable and kind-hearted than the late
Bishop Bloomfield. This I say with perfect sin-
cerity, notwithstanding the sentence passed upon
me in his name by those who managed the affairs
of the diocese during his last illness. Well, as I
have already said, I submitted to the Bishop, and
the result of my submission was a sentence of sus-
pension for three years, and the sequestration of all
the emoluments of my living during that period
(loud cries of shame ! shame O. Now I must say
that, after the assurance I received that I should be
treated with clemency, I think it was hardly fair to in-
flict upon meswh a sentenceasthis, ('twasshameftil!
'twas infamous 1) for at my time of life it is a sentence
of tremendous severity. Nevertheless I bow to it with
perfect resignation. Once I did venture to enter-
tain a hope that it might, perhaps, be mitigated by
the present bishop of the diocese, who is, I believe,
a man of great humanity and kindness of disposi-
tion ; but teat hope I have quite relinquished, and
I leave the issue entirely in the hands of God—in
His goodness and mercy, as well as in his power
and his wisdom, I have the most perfect confidence;
and whether He shall see fit to spare me till the
expiration of my sentence, or to remove me before-
hand out of this troublesome world, " His will be
done." I can say " Let Him do what seemeth to
Him good." My dear friends, there is one passage
in your address for which I beg most especially to
thank you. You say, "We would earnestly pray
the Almighty Disposer of events to grant that the
portion of 1 fe which He may yet spare to you, may
prove happier and more peaceful than the past ;
and that it may please Him to save and deliver you
from your enemies, persecutors, and slanderers ;
to disappoint their malice or to turn their hearts."
I thank you from the very bottom of my heart ; I
thank you for that kind prayer. I would earnestly
pray that the Almighty Being, would be graciously
pleased to forgive my enemies, persecutors, and
slanderers as I forgive them, as I humbly beseech
him to forgive myself. 1 sincerely thank you
for the patience with which you have heard me,
and I thank you a thousand times for all the kind-
nesses I have received at your hands—kindnesses
which, believe me, I never shall forget. Within
the last two:years I have had opportunities of
forming an estimate of human character which I
never had before, and one result of this has been,
that the working classes of Ealing have
gained a
still higher place in my esteem and affection than
even that which they had previously occupied. I

mean no offence to any man, or to any class of men,
when I say that within these last two.years I have
found amongst the working classes of Ealing many
amiable and estimable qualities, many generous and
noble qualities, which, lam sorry to say, I have
not found amongst some who affect to consider
themselves their superiors. They have their faults,
no doubt, as well as their virtues, or they would
not be human beings, but their faults belong to
their position, their virtues are their own. I shall
always speak of people as I find them, to whatever
class they may belong, and I hold with the Scot-
tish Bard, that
The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd for a' that.
Mr. Lambert conclided amidst tremendous cheer-
ing, which lasted for a considerable time.
The procession then returned to their starting-
post by another route, but with the same admirable
propriety of conduct; indeed, by their whole be-
haviour on Tuesday evening, the working men of
Ealing have proved themselves worthy of the
praises bestowed upon them by their reverend
friend and pastor.

BURNING OF THE SARAH SANDS SCREW
TRANSPORT STEAMER.

We regret to announce that a . fatal catastrophe
by fire has happened to the Sarah Sands transport
steamer on her passage to India from Portsmouth
with the head-quarters and a large portion of the
men of the 54th Regiment on board, whose preser-
vation and that of the crew may be fairly considered
one of the most marvellous on record, as may be
inferred from the fact that the ship was burning
furiously in a heavy gale of wind 16 hours, the
whole of her afterpart being burnt out to a shell.
The Sarah Sands was an iron ship, upwards of
2,000 tons burden, and was formerly employed inl
running from Liverpool to America. She was char-
-t-ered bpthe East-India .Company for the convey-
ance of troops to India, and on the 16th ofTrist Aug.
she leTt Portsmouth for Calcutta, under the com-
mand of Capt. J. S. Castle, with a portion of the
54th Regiment on board, comprising Lieut.-Col.
Moffatt, Captains Brett, Thomson, and Gillum ;
Lieuts. Galbraith, Hughes, and Crowpe ; Ensign
Wood ; Lieut. and Adjutant Houston, Surgeon
Grant, Assist-Surgeon Donovan, Quartermaster
Hipkin, Paymaster Dalziel, 21 sergeants, 15 cor-
porals, 11 drummers, 306 rank anefile, 8 women,
7 children, and a number of ladies, relatives of the
officers. The voyage appears to have been favour-
able until the 11th Of November, when the ship
had reached lat. 14 S, long. 56 E. (upwards of 400
miles from the Mauritius). About 3 o'clock in the
afternoon of that day the troops berthed on the
after orlop deck noticed a smell of burning, which ,
apparently proceeded from beneath them in the
hold. It rapidly increasing the alarm was given to
Captain Castle, who at once ordered the after-hold
to be examined, and, .to the astonishment and
horror of all, the cargo stored there proved to be
on fire. It is stated that the bulk of the cargo there
consisted of Government stores. Bale after bale
was hauled up in the hope of getting at the seat
of the fire ; but in a short time the smoke became so
dense as to defy any of the crew getting into the
hold. There was no confusion ; every order was
obeyed by the men with coolness and tour ve. The
course of the ship was stopped. Colonel Moffatt
was seen in earnest consultation with Captain Castle
deciding upon measures for euppressing the flames,
while the crew were actively employed in taking all
sail in and bringing the ship before the wind. Others
ran out lengths of hose from the fire-engines, which
were psssed down to hands below, while hose was
also put on to the donkey-engine. It soon became
apparent that all these exer ions failed in cheeping
the progress of the fire. Colonel Moffatt, at the
suggestion of the commander, directed his men to
at once cast overboard all their ammunition, and in
a short time they succeeded in clearing out the star-
board magazine. The remainder of the powder in
the port magazine, however, excited great appre-
hension. Already had the after part of the ship
become almost unapproachable from the dense
smoke and heat which filled every portion of it.
The colonel appealed to his men for volunteers to
attempt to rescue the contents of the magazine now
so threatened. Several brave fellows instantly
came forward and heroically succeeded in react ing
the magazine and clearing it with the exception, it is
suppo;ed, of one or two barrels. It was a truly
hazardous work, several nearly lost their lives, they
became overpowered with the smoke and heat and
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There was a heavy gala blowing at the time, and
Captain Castle, perceiving the critical position
of the ship, at once took measures for the
safe lowering of the boats. They were launched
without the least accident, the troops were mus-
tered on deck, there was no .rush to the boats, and
the men obeyed the word of command with as much
order as on parade. Col. Moffatt informed them
that Capt. Castle did not despair of saving the ship,
but for their own preservation it had been deemed
advisable to keep the boats eff so as to act in case of
emergency. The ladies, women, and children were
lowered into the port life-boat, and she waealirected
to stand off until further orders. All hands then
turned to constructing rafts or spare spars. Ina shot t
time three were put together, which would have
been capable of saving a large portion of those on
board. Captain Castle succeeded in launching two
overboard, and the third was left across the deck, to
be lowered at a moment's notice. In the meanwhile
the flames had made terrible progress, the whole of
the cabins, saloon, &c., were one body. of fire, and
about 9 o'clock the flames burst through the upper
deck and ignited the mizen rigging. Through the
forethought of Capt. Castle in bringing the ship to
the wind the fire and smoke were swept sternways,
but serious anxiety was felt lest the ship should
pay off, and so render her destruction inevitable.
During this fearful suspense a dreadful explosion
took place, no doubt arising from one or two bar-
rels left iu the port magazine, which blew out the
port quarter. The ship from the main rigging to
her stern was in one general body of fire. Captain
Castle still had hope although he expressed his fears
to the commanding officer of the troops that the ship
would be lost. Providentially the bulkhead of the
after part of the ship withstood the action of the
flames. Ht re all efforts were concentrated to keep
it cool. Party after party of the troops volunteered
for the work, and so endeavoured to prevent the fire
making its way forward. For hours did this state of
affairs continue. Although the men kept the fire at
bay below it gained the main rigging. Mr. Welch,
the chief officer, with several of the soldiers, at
once went aloft with wet blankets, and after con-
siderable peril and risk succeeded in extinguish-
ing the flames. As it was, however, some of the
yards were destroyed. Towards two o'clock the
following morning the men had the satisfaction
of seeing the fire diminishing. The flames were
gradually beaten back, and by daylight were
entirely extinguished. It was not till then that
the fearful havoc made by the fire was clearly ascer-
tained, The after part of the ship was burnt out—
merely its shell remaining, and now another fate
threatened her. The gale still prevailed and the
ship was rolling and pitching in a heavy sea con-
stantly shipping water at the port quarter, which
had been blown out by the explosion. Sho had 15
feet of water in her hold, and active steps were ne-
cessary to prevent her foundering. All the men
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them taut. The next difficulty was to atop the
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water which was pouring in through the quarter.
Spare sails and blankets were placed over the open-
ing and the leak was partially stopped. There was
no abatement in the gale during the morning, and in
every heave of the ship the water tanks in the hold
which had got loose were dashed from one side to
the other. The state of the ship and the continued
severity of the weather rendered the constant work-
ing of the pumps and the baling imperative. It was
not till 2 o'clock in the afternoon that the boats con-
taining the women and children could begot along-
side. They were got on board, and the other boats,
which had been ordered off during the raging of
the fire, returned with the exception of the gig,
which had been swamped during the night ; the
officer in charge of her, however, Mr. Wood, and
the hands were picked up by another boat. During
the remainder of the day, the following night, and
succeediog day, the whole of the hands and troops
were engaged working the pumps and clearing the
ship of the water. By the evening of the 13th the
crew succeeded in securing the stern and getting
steerage-way on the ship. She bad then drifted as
far as longitude 13.12 south. Captain Castle then
set all sail and bore up in the hope of making the
Mauritius, and to the joy of all on board made
that port in eight days, where her arrival and
marvellous escape excited considerable sensation.
The officers iu command of the troops speak in the
highest terms of the conduct of Captain Castle dur-
ing the trying occasion.
By the latest arrivals the head-quarters and men
of the 54th Regiment continued at the Mauritius,

At the Police-office, Sunderland, on Christmas-
day, before G. S. Ranson, Esq:, the mayor, Thos.
Johnson, alias William Barker, described as an
American seaman, was charged by Mr. Gifford
(superintendent of police), with writing a letter on
Wednesday, December 23, to the soldiers of the
9th Regiment, stationed in the barracks at Sunder-
land, for the purpose of being circulated amongst
the soldiers, and thereby excite them to mutiny..
It appeared, from the ev.denca adduced, that
one of the solders, named John Kenney, a private
in the re.gment, was paseiug near Paddy's Goose,
in the Low-street, on Wedne day evening last, and
met the prisoner, who entered into conversation
with him. He then gave Kenney a letter, and
asked him. to give it to one of the corporals. The
letter was scale i up, but not directed to amione.
The prisoner told Kenney he would be in waiting
in front of the Sailors' Home on the following
evening, and would then expect an answer to his
fetter. When Kenney arrived at the barracks he
handed the letter to Corporal Blanchfield, by whom
it was given to Colour-sergeant Danby, who, on
seeing the serious nature of its contents, immedi-
ately laid it before the coMmanding officer, Major
Bethune; and he having inquired how it had got
into the barracks, thought it bis duty at once to
take it to the mayor, and consult with him how the
writer should be apprehended and dealt with. The
following are portions of the letter referred to, and
which was read to the court :
" Sunderland, Dec. 23, 1857.
"Soldiers I—The day, the very hour, has arrived,
at which your country must become a republic or
go. back to a despotism ; and I have, every reason
to beliz,;ve that all the people sincerely desire a com-
plete change'orgiiitrhatitAmitynt thOough *No-dawdle
able policy of those German bastards and petted
tyrants they are setting class against class and man
against man, and cannot attaintheir liberty without
your example and assistance. Your example that
shall fire the rest of the arms, arouse all the people,
and set your countryat once and for ever free ! Is
there not something nobler in the bare idea of such
a thing, than thrqwing your time and life away to
a government that has sol 1 the liberties of Europe,
as it has sold the rights of its own poor and oppressed
citizens, your lives, and those' of- your relations ?
I now take upon myself that responsibility,
and make the following proposals to you :—To-
morro w night, at 10 o'clock, I Will beat thebarracks,
when you shall disarm and •secure your Officer.; and
appoint others from the ranks, and follow, me from
the Barracks up High-s!reet, proclaiming a republic
and calling the citizens to arms. . . . To-morrow
nieht I will walk in front of the Sailors' Home, on

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Kenney, at the time and place appointed to receive
the answer :—" In answer to yours of Ye•Sterday,
We, the soldiers of the 9th, are prepared to do Four
dirty." Accordingly Kenney, accompanied by Mr.
Gifford and some of the police in plain clothes, went •
to the front of the Sailors' Home. The prisoner
was there. Kenney went up to him, and gave him
the reply. After a short conversation they parted,
and Mr. Gifford went up to and secured the man.
Hehad theletter in his hand, which was allertimpled
up, and it had to be forced from him. On being
asked his name, he said it was William Barker,and
that he lodged at No. 25, in the Sailors' Rome :
" but (said he, handing over a key) you will find
nothing there." He then said, " I See I have gone
too far, but will answer no more questions." When
they arrived at the police station he was asked by.Mr
Gifford what ke intended to do to the officers of the
regiment if theyi esisted ; he said, " tomurder them
if they did." The prisoner's room. was afterwards
searched, when two small bottles having a smell of
laudanum, and which were labelled "Laudanum
—Poison," and some fragments of a broken bottle,
were found. The prisoner said he had bought the
laudanum at different shops until he got a bottle
full, when he took it all at a draught, and that if it
had not made him sick he should not have been
there that night.
Mr. Francis, police-surgeon, said he had exa-
mined the prisoner the previous evening, and was
of opinion that his mind was unsound ; but whether
it arose from his taking the laudanum or from in-
temperance he could not positively say.
On the prisoner being asked by the mayor if he
had anything to say, he replied, "Nothing ; I did
not say I would murder the officers. I told Mr.
Gifford I 101 l no occasion to kill the officers if the
men wouldlfoin me."
The prisoner was then remanded until Wednes-
day.
It appears, from questions put to the prisoner,
that.he belongs to New York, that he was a sailer,
and had come to Sunderland by a "run" about a
fortnight since.
Last week he inserted a very singular advertise-
ment in a Sunderland newspaper, stating amongst
other things that he was in want of a "strong-
minded ambitious woman" for a wife, "who had
plenty of money, for he had none," and directing
replies to be sent to "Thomas Johnson, at the
Sailors' Home." It is very probable that he will be
sent to the Lunatic Asylum.—Manchester Guardian.

DISTURBANCES AMONG THE SOLDIERS
IN DUBLIN.

Much uneasiness and alarm has been caused a
Dublin, by the disorderly and violent conduct of
some of the military now stationed there. On
Christmas night, a desperate quarrel broke out
between the Grenadier Guards and the men of the
30th and 55th Regiments. It commenced in a
public-house in Queen-street, where the men had
been drinking, and some offensive expressions wore
used by some of the Guards towards the man of the
30th, when a general melee ensued, "ihe combatants
fighting ' with their cross-belts. After a long
encounter, and some terrible wounds inflicted
on both sides, the Guards, though superior in
numbers, were beaten out into the street, amid
shouts of victory from the 30th and 55th, who,
after the expulsion of their grenadier opponents,
went back and kept possession of the public-house.
In the meantime the Guards, reinforced by soldiers
of their own regiment and of the Shropshire
Militia, went back io the house and renewed the
combat. Another desperate fight with cross-belts,
tables and chairs, pints and tumblers, took place,
and the Guards had aga;nto retreat, closely fohowed
by the 30th and 55th. T • fight was then resume 1
on the quays, and ended in the Guards retreating,
some leaving their shakos behind, which were
paraded by the succe,sfel party as trophie; of
victory. During this time large cro ads a. sembled,
and the neighbourhood was thrown into a state of
fear. Stones were thrown in all directions, and
windows broken. The shops had to be closed to
prevent further damage being done, and the whole
thoroughfare was blocked up. A picket of the 30th
Regiment arrived, and for a time put an end to the
quarrel. The rioters moved on, and while passing
threw stones, and smashed several windows in
Sit ver-strt et, and Flood-street. A strong detach-
ment of the Grenadier Guards and of the 30th
Regiment, under the command of General Gas-
coigne, were drawn up in West Liffey-street, who
succeeded in getting all the refractory soldiers into
barracks.
Oa Saturday evening, however, the fight was
renewed, and more windows were broken. On
Sunday disturbances took place in the barracks, and
symptoms of insubordination appeared, which made
it necessary to send for the Commander of the
Forces from the Chapel Royal, where he happened
to be, attending divine service. About seven
o'clock in the evening some of the 30th and. 55th
Regiments, after going through the streets, calling
for the Guards or mil Chancery and meet them,
went in a body to ane police-station,
with the avowed purpose of releasing any prisoners
that might be confined there. Inspector Fitzpatrick,
a policeman, on reserve duty, and one prisoner,
were the only persons in the station. Inspector
Fitzpatrick, when he saw them coming, armed
himself with a sword, and gave one to the policeman
and another to the prisoner, and. by threatening
to cut the first man down who would attempt to
force his way into the station-house he succeeded in
going to
ec.r Noow crowds
keeping the soldiers at bay until a party of police
came to his assistance. The rioters then proceeded
up High-street and Thomas-street, throwing stones
and breaking glass as they went along. They next
directed their course through Meath-street to New-
market, followed by a vast crowd, but their further
career was checked by a large body of the police
and the mounted section of the force, under the
direction of Inspector Boyle. It is said that .the
objectairisnitthaesr_nioigtherts. had in veieigwhtine
o'clock th
market was to get satisfaction from the Shropshire
Militia, tfor aiding the Guards in their attack on
dispersed, and the soldiers returned to their bas-