The New York Herald Newspaper, May 11, 1876, Page 14

less _ forfeiture, bc} NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 1 IS6“QUADRUFLE SHEET. “THE COURTS. Central Branch Union Pacifie Railroad Suit Brought Finally to Trial. Charges of Extortion Against Deputy Sheriffs. io Bs CRIME OF LARCENY LEGALLY DISSECTED. + {Important Decision in a Life In- surance Case. (Indictments Against Alleged Crooked Whiskey Dealers, The suit of Francis L. Treadwell against Ralph M. Pomeroy and others, which bas been pending for over a week, was yesterday formally opened in the Supreme Court, Special Term, before Judge Larremore, Messrs, William A, Beach und 8. KE. Mount appeared for the plaintii! and exJudge Fullerton and Mr. D. Walden for the defendants. —-Plaintiil’ sues for an accounting, , with about _ forty-five others, ag contractors for building 100 miles of the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad, the sub- Bidies and bonds of which are worth $5,000,000, or he claims one-fiitioth share im the contract. The de‘ence @ncwers that the contractors did not build the road, but | the company; whalever remains belongs to the com- Pany ahd stockholders, and that plaintif is only an as- Signee of atrustee, and that the trustees could only pay tor tife road, but could not take whatever remains fn the shape of subsidy, Mr. Mount, in bis opening, Stated at facts of the suit as already fully given i Ho referred to the seeming impossibility of tis client getting a trial, and said that @ other side had boasted that they would kill him financially, so thathe would be obliged. to desist from hocase. He added that bad it not been for of His Honor, who was to try the case, would probably have been indefinitely fe Atter Mr, Mount had tinished the opening, udge Fullerton moved to dismiss the complaint, which motion was doried. The taking of testimony will begin to-day, and the probability is that the trial Will oceupy sevoral da, DEPUTY SHERIFFS’ EXTORTIONS. An action was trivd yesterday in the Marine Court, Part 2, betore Judge’ Goepp, which illustrates the length to which deputy sheriffs and deputy marshals will go im transcending the functions with which they are legally vested, It was an ction for damages brought by Ley! M. Cohen, of No, 256 Bowery, a dealer in toys and fancy goods, against Thomas Dunlap, Jr, The latter, a deputy marshal, made a levy on tho plaintif’s store on a judgment and execution Jor $350 on the 21st of December, 1874, one of the busiest, in the plaintt’'s business, of the holidays, The process for execution was placed in the defendant's hands at half-past twelve. At about eleven o’clock an attorney's clerk appeared at the Sherif’s oilice and informed the Sheriff’s representatives there that there was a stay of proceedings obtained, so that no levy should be The clerk showed the official ad NOL Yet time to ck Dunlap was At one o'clock the whole stock of | 900. worth—turned locked the doors the busiest part of made on Cohen’ order for the st take and serve a co} ordered to proceed with the exe he made the levy, took charge ¢ goods—between $10,000 and $ away the customers then parchs and stopped the business, then iD, te day. It was near tive o’cluck before piaintfl’s | counsel succeeded in satistying the deputy that a stay | of proceedings had been granted, when’ the usual gvarantee was given him and u sum of $23, which the | defendant claimed was a voiuntary gift on the part of the plaintitl, but which the latter urged was extorted from lim, The whole trausaction was branded as a most arbitrary act on the part of the Sheriff and his deputy, involving heavy loss upon the plainuitt, | for which special damages were claimed, together with a | judgment for the recovery of the $28 extorted irom hin, | he hearing of the case occupted the whole ot the day. Judge Goepp, in charging the jury, commented upon the act of the deputy 1m exacting fees beyond what the law allowed in this case, The Judge said, “I feel my duty to remark upon the anomaly that in the ew York the Sherif, the executive officer maintains a corps of followers, indeed offi- cial assistants, who are so situated pecuuiarily that it they confined themselves to such compensation or in- come as the law provides and restricts them to Must necdssarily starve, but who, by virtue of a unt- | versal practice, live entirely on the money they extort | fro the community in the shape of otlicial fees cous | trary to the dictates of the law and contrary to the ex- pressed prohibitions of the jaw. That a community Where such « custom prevails must be one m whied | the admitistration of the law docs not enjoy that re- | spect which under all circumstances it should enjoy 1s | very manifest, and I am glad to have this oppor- | f calling the attention of t ei | rkable defect in our institutions, and to ex. | hope that some chango for the better may ensue if ¢ with whic casions recu parking the disapprobation . must View such a systet.’? ‘The jury found for the plaintilt, awarding him $350, the amount of the original judgment, and the $23 ex- torted by the deputy. INGENIOUS POINTS OF LAW. At the General Term of the Supreme Court, before | Judges Davis aud Daniels, yesterday, the Judges lis. | tened to an intoresting argument made by Mr. William F, Kintzing, on behalt of G. W. Loomis and Thomas Lewis, the twin confidence men, whose detention in the State Prison he claims to be illegal, ‘The prisoners Were convicted at the December Term of the General Sessions, before Judge Sutherland, of the larceny ot $90 from Christian Olason, an emigrant, by trick and device, und sentenced each to an imprisonment of five | years, The facts as developed upon the trial showed Yhat the accused “picked up"? the emigrant, who was prevailed upon to visit a drinking saloon, m which place the accused commenced to throw d) Lewis in- duced the emigrant to toan him $90, in order that he might win some money from Loomis, promismg, should he lose, to go up to the bank and get a check cashed for $600, which he said he had in his posses- sion, As a matter of course, Loomis won, atter which Qhe ' accused = disappeared,’, leavirg the emigrant | alone, minus his money, The Judy d the ‘jury that if they conspired — tri and feloniously to obtain the money and intended to convert it absolutely to their own use, without his consent and against his will, they could convict, to whieh ruling counsel excepted. Mr Kintzing argued that the conviction was wrong | on the grounds that the complainant paried not only with the possession of the money but also with his property in it; that it was not taken either against his Will or without hisconsent; that the money was loancd in bank bills, knowing that the same would be used at a game of chance; that in so doing he lost all control, power and possession; that the accused were intrusted with the possession of; the money and were not ex. pected to return the identical bills, and that other bills were to be returned io liquidate’ the debt, Counsel further argued that if the owner of personal property Intends to surrender bis tite aud delivers possession Absolutely it is not larceny, although he has been in- duced to part with it by Iraudulent means. Iu support | df his Views he cited a'number of authorities, District Attorney Phelps replied upon behalf of the people. He waid the conviction was a proper one; that th oney was obtained through trick and artitice, and without any intent of parting with the property absolutely; | that the accused conspired together to detraud the complainant out of his mone: dl that consent ob- tained through The Court reserv . IMPORTANT INSURANCE . DECISION. In 1869 John G. Vose took out policies on his lite for $1,000 in the Connecticut Mutual Insurance Cor ny, and in 1872 assigned the policies to his children. Ow- ing to bis becoming deranged his premiums were not | paid for 1873; subsequently ho committed suicide, and | Myra A. Wheeler brought surt on the policits on behalf @f the children, The ease was tried before Judge Lar- Femore, holding Supreme Court, Special Term, who Fecierday, eave his decision in the case. Judge remore holds that if that clause in the poll. cies declaring tho same forfetted in caso the premiums Wore Hot paid, was teclinicaily a condition, it was a Condition srbsequent to the making of the contra and the interposition of causes \ human agene ‘with regard to which the parties « teontract, did vitiate the policies. The deceased wes bereft of Feason, and although he, as guardian of his ininor dren, had suMeient money to pay the premiums, did not pay them. His inability to disenarge this wag not caused by his own act, and it would bo uitable to hold that a visitation of God was not a ent excuse to prevent forfeiwure, Insanity lke that described, destroying all mental capacity, was no | wconsideration than physical disability to ‘avoid a aad appeals with equal toree ior equitavle | relief from the rigor of the law, CROOKED WHISKEY INDICTMENTS. ‘The first instalment of persons arrested upon Sndict- | ments found against them by the United States Grand Jury for alleged dealing in “crooked” whiskey, putin an , HO Consent at all, } appearance yesterday morning in the courts, These wero Francis O, Boyd and Edgar P. Hill, of the frm of F, 0, | Boyd, The accused were arrested by Deputy Marshals Crowley and Dubert early in the morning, without any | Durfey va Copeland.—R. T. Griggs appointed re- di@euky. They were brought before Commissioner Shields to awalt further examination. Tbe charge against the firm of F. O. Boyd was that of receiving a consigninent from the alleged crooked house of G. Olsen and Eastman, The other parties arrested under in- dictwments and brought up yesterday were Edward A, bailed by Josep Lewis and Mary Ann Boury in ch; Edgar 8. Hill gave as sureties Charles Kelly and Alexander Halliday, each $20,000; F. 0, , sureties Robert Francis and Horace Webster, exch $20,000; William 8. Miller, surety Joseph L. Fiint, $15,000; James Anthony, sareties Joseph Dully and Johu Hearn, each $10,000, LUCKY ESCAPES FROM PRISON. James Brennan and Timothy Lane were somo time since jolatly indicted upon a charge of a dastardly out- rage upon a Woman. They were tried before Jud, Sutherland, in the Court of General Sessions, con- victed, and each sentenced to State Prison tor ten years, Mr. Wiliam F, Howe, counsel for Brennan, ob- tained awrit of error, and at the last session of the Supreme Court, General Term, succeeded in getting the cohvietion reversed, upon.which Brennan was dis- charged trom prison. The friends of Lane thereupon employed Mr. Howe, who took similar proceedings im tne cause of Lane, upen which the case came i” for a hearing yesterday before the same tribunal, The at- tention of the Court having been called to its decision in the Brennan case and to tho fact that the samo points were raised im the present case, the Court or- dered a reversal of Lane’s conviction, A COBWEB POINT. Before the General Term A. Ockey Hall yesterday moved for absolute reversal of a judgment, under which William Kelly was recently convicted of bigh- way robbery committed upon Joseph Kaufman, col lector for the Metropolitan Gas Company. The indict” ment charged that the property taken belonged to the gus company, but tho statute says, “taking the per- sonal property of another from ‘his’ person.” Goun- sel contended that the provoun “his” limited the word “another,” and that as Kelly was not convicted of taking the property of Kaufman, upon whom the vio- lence was done, therefore he did not commit robbery, although, possibly, assault or larceny, District At- torney Phelps ‘replied, with bis usual ingenuity, aad the Court took the cobwebs home with them, THE TRIAL OF CHARLES A. LAW- RENCE, The May term of the crimjpal branch of the United States Court was opened yesterday morning by Judge Benedict. The principal cases called were thoso of Charles A. Lawrence and W, J. Pollock, each indicted on a charge of smuggling. The trial of Lawrence was set down for next Monday and that of Pollock tor Wednesday next, The case of D, K. Olney, indicted tor abstracting letters from the mails, on which an ar- rest of judgment and new trial wag granted ut the last term, was set down for next Friday. SUMMARY OF LAW CASES. Judge Lawrence yesterday granted a writ of per exeat against Charles L. Vath, against whom 1s pend- ing adivorco suit, brought by his wilo, It 1s claimed that he is disposing of his property’and is preparing to start for Philadelphia. In tho suit of Francis O’Hagen, brought before Judge Sanford in the Superior Court to recover $20,000 dam- ages from Dillon, Clyde & Co., contractors, for in- Juries received through falling into the Fourth avenue excavation on the 4th of July Jast, the jary yesterday rendered a verdict tor $2,000 in favor of the plainuift. A jury in the Court'‘of Common Pleas consider $150 ample compensation for a broken leg. This, at, teast was the verdict given yesterday for James Baker in his suit against Messrs. Rodman & Hepburn, the facts of which have been published. Mr, William F, Howe was the plaimuf’s counsel and Messrs, Rodman & Adams appeared for the dei nts. A sinall pleasure bt was purchased jointly by Jobn E. Drew. Joseph Thomas and Henry Weeds, The two latter gentlemen took possession of the craft, ex- cluding Mr. Drew trom auy use of it. Application wi made by Mr. Drew to Judge J. F. Daly for au account. ing, an injunction and the appointment of a receiver, ‘This application was yesterday denied on the: ground that it was not a proper remedy. Some time ago John E. Koch was served with a sum- mons and complaint in a divorce suit instituted by bis wife Susannah Koch. His wife told bim it meant nothing, and lived with lim three weeks afterward, Belore he was aware of tt she had got a judgment for divorce. Judge J. F. Daly thinks that the uusband is entitled to a fair show, and yesterday yave him per- mission to come in and contest the suit, a reopening of the case being ordered. From the debris of the late heavy fire on Broadway a piece of cloth, it is alleged, was stolen by Henry Snellback belonging to Hart B. Brundett & Co, The accused Was convicted in the Court of Special Sessions und sentenced to the PenitentiaFy, His counsel, Mr. Wilham F, Howe, procured a writ of certiorar: upon which the case came up for review yesterday belore the Supreme Court, General Term, — It is claamed that ‘the conviction was illegal through lack of identification of the property, Various technical points were also raised by Mr. Howe, after which the Court took the papers, In the suit of the Christopher and Tonth Street Rall- road against the Central and Crosstown Railroad the defendants obtained from Judge Lawrence yesterday an order appointing Nathaniel Jarvis, Jr., a relerce to. assess damages sustained by defendants through the tnyunc- tions had against them, restraining them from running their cars to Christopher street ferry. All proceedings were directed 10 be stayed ponding an appeal to the General erm. rs in the case of Richard A. Honnessey r against Ward Wheeler and others to re- ged infringement on their brandy trade ued yesterday betore the Common Pleas, Generai Ter In the court below Judge Robinson d the injunction, on the ground that what are quart and pint bottles are of short measure, and the plainuif was thus takmg advantage of his’ own wrong in decoiving the public. The General Term re- served its decision, A namber of mandamuses wero yesterday granted by Judge Lawrence against the Comptroller and onstituting the Board of Revision’ of As- ‘ng them to meet and confirm the ting and curbing Manbatian street, las street to Twelfth avenue, The clam avd their several awards are:—Obed Firsh, William Cower, $700; John Bonse, $1,500; James Sheridan, $1,449; John Reilly, $625; Joon Flyvn, $840; Henry Eisner, $1,680; George N. Ryerson, $960, and James Pottit, $4600. Beiore Judge Van Hoesen. yesterday in the Court of Common Pleas was commenced the second trial of the suit brought by Henry Wood to recover $4,000, sulary as Special Agent of the Pubhe Ad- mipistrator during the year 1872, The city defends on the ground that the work was not performed, and that plaintit’s appointinent by Corporation Counsel 0’Gor- maw Was not regular, inasmuch as it Was not in writ- ing, aud further that the plamtiff snould have been | personally informed at what rate the salary was fixed, A verdict was given for $3,497 56 for the plaintimt, DECISIONS. SUPREME COURT—-CHAMBERS, By Judge Donohue. In the matter of Jarvis Slade, reegiver of the Inter- national Insurange Company.—Order granted modity- ing order contirming By Judge Barrett. In the matter of Ophelia Morgan, a luvatic.—Report confirmed, committee appoimted and bond approved. Mr. Cox will please y the affidavit By Judge Lawrence, Rowe etal. vs. Kimball.—Motion to vacato order of arrest 1s denied, with $10 costs, Thomas vs. Whitney.—There must be a reference in this case. Kittel vs. Burtis.—I cannot give the injunction asked for until an undertaking is presented. Foish vs. Green et al. ; Petit va. Green et al; Ryer- son vs. Green et al.; Eisner va Green et al. ; Flynn vs. Green ct al; Reiliy v& Green et al.; Sheridan vs. Green et al, ; Bonse va Green et al; Cowen vs. Green et al.—Orders granted for a mandamus, In the matter of Litton, deceased; Borcel vs. Lalor, &e.; Sievin vs. Vollock; Zeiss vs, Doerffel; Banks va. McCabe, &e. ; Phillips va Leary; Carl vs. Ford; Gazzola vs, Gazzola; Matter of Knapp.—Granted. In the matter of Redmond. —Explanation required, Clarkson vs, Molonghuey; Harriot vs, Emersoa,— Orders granted The Amoskeag Savings Rank ve. The Bidy’s Bend Iron Company, &e.—The bond is not dated, Faile ys. Reardon.—Even it Ihave tho power I do not think that I ought to grant thé motion, SUPREME COURT—SPEQIAL TERM. By Judge Larremore, Wheeler vs. The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company.—Demurrer overruled with leave to answe' on payment of costs, Opinion, ’ : Suith et al, ys. Smith —There is not sufficient vital- ity in these proceedings to authorize the granting of an attachment, Wood vs. Mulock,—Allowance of $275 to plaintiff. Smith vs, The Exchange Fire Insurance Company.— Reference ordered to Hon. J.J. Bosworth, Arnold vs. Clarke,—Ordered on short calendar, White vs, Baxter, —Case ordered on tile. COMMON PLEAS-—-SPECIAL TERM. By Jadge J. ¥. Daly. 4 Koch vs. Kock; Grossmeyer ys, Gerson,—Motions granted, Morange ys. Wolfsohn.--Receiver to be appointed, &o. See panera, Flynn vs. Dayton et al; in the matter of Compton (a lunatic); Masters va. The Eleetie Life Insarance Company; Upton vs, Upton.—See papers, Beaumont va Kempton.—Motion granted, Seo Dapece. Jrew vs. Thomas and another.—Motion denied. by Judge Robinson. Frank ve. The Mayor, &a; Weeks va The Mayor, &c.—Motions denied, MARINE COURT—CHAMBERS, By Judgo MeAdam. Johnson vs. Vilmar,—See indoreement on paper. Reed vs. Genoral Transportation Company.—Rulings and papers filed, Reon vs. Barnoy.—Motion to require security de- nied, Matthiessen va Coyle.—Motion to strikeout answer granted, Hough vs, Falconer.— Action dismresed, Garin vs. Boomer.—Detendant ordered to pay $53, nae ve. Mapes.—A. B, Hough appointed ceiver, feree’s report as to allowances, | fe. | ushered into the detective taken down for investigation. | Touyes, vt No, 357 Greenwicl | Nichols, at the Central Ottice, yesterday, charged with ceiver. ig s Phelps ve. Kunz, Gottsberger vs. McAuliffe, Gomez ys Chalrin, Albany Bi Com) va, Ackersou, Poole ve, Goodwin, Whitney va. ‘anagh, Hart va. Scheider, W. O'Larney vs. Devlin. ~Motions te advance causes granted. ‘Yaylor vs, Barry.—Motion granted, Vilmar vs, Levine. —Motion denied, Sturgess vs. Gilaois.—Motion granted. Fesler vs. Casey,—Order of arrest vacated, Munoz vs, Walton.—George Stevenson, receiver. Gock vs, Martin,—Referred to A, B. Hough. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Before Recorder Hackott, BURGLALS AND THEIR RECEIVER CONVICTED, Detectives, on the 3d of March, tound in front of No. 273 Canal street a case containing $505 worth of raw milk, which had beon stolen three days previously from the promises of W. H. Copeutt, No. 360 Canal street. The case when found was about being removed by an express man, who had been hired to deliver it to Isaac Frankliu, No, 175 Madison street, Isaac was arrested and placed on trial yesterday under an indictment for receiving stolen goods, He was iound guilty and sen- tenced to five years’ confinement in State Prison, Martin Kelley, of No, 89 Elizabe:h stroet, savt to be a professional burglar, and one William Johnson were then separately tried on the charge of having broken into Mr. Copeutvs premises and carried off the ooas in company with a third man, who pleaded guilty, and was sent to State Prison a’ short time since. They were also found guilty and gent to State Prisoan—Kelley for five years aud Johnson for three, TOMBS POLICE COURT. Before Justice Murray. IN JAIL AGAIN. Chailes May, alias Lawrence, alias Bogt alias;Richard Pinar, the person who escaped from the House of De- tention on last Saturday, was arraigned yesterday morning before Justice Murray on four charges of swin- dling, It 1s alleged that May by méans of fraudulent Tepresontatious succecded in getting six barrels of eggs, valued at $75, from Messrs. Smitn & Co., af Wash- ington market. In court yesterday three additional complainants pyt tn an appearance, viz. ;—Joho R, st of No, 420 Greenwich street, and 3 No, 172 West strect. They claimed that i x WASHINGTON PLACE POLICE COURT. Bofore Judge Smith. aie A DARING THIEF ARRESTED, | Mr. Morris Weinstock, of No, 366 Eighth ayenuo, made complaint that on the 9th of December, 1875, ne left his office for a fow moments, and, on returning, saw Charles J, O'Neil, of No. 201 West Thirty-third street, going away from the direction of hig office. Mr. Weinstock, knowing that his safe had been left opon, rushed 1a, and,.on examination, discovered shat a bank deposit book containing $250, with some chocks, had been extracted from a drawer in the sale, He then pursued O'Neil, and, overtaking him, compel'ea him to return the stolen property, O'Neil then made a mo- tion as if to draw a pistol from his hip pocket, and as Mr. Weinstock attempted to Yet a firmer hold, no escaped and was not arrested until Tuesday evening, when detectives Reilly and Williamson, of the Contral Olfice, apprehended bim, . In court, yesterday, he was held in $1,000 to answer, HIGHWAY ROBBERY. As Michael Brown, of No. 3 Thompson. strect, was walking through Canal street on Tuesday evening he was knocked down, as he says, by Alexander Thenent, of No, 403 Canal street, and robbed of $1 10 which was in his pants pocket. In Court yesterday the prisoner was held in $1,000 to answer. POLICE COURT -NOTES. At the Washington place Police Court yesterday, be- fore Judge Smith, Lizzie Dherville, of No. 160 Wooster street, was held in $1,000 to answer for stealing $30 trom Philip Mayher, of’ the steamship City of Havana, while the latter was in her company ta the house of ill-fame No, 227 Wooster street, COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. Surreur Court—Cnamnerd—Held by Judge Law- | rence. —Nos, 65,76, 112, 113, 137, 138, 142, 146, 159, $39, 40, 941, “243, 253, 176, 184, 185, 195, 237, 238, 2, 253, 254, 255, 259, 306, 307, 308, 310, 313, 330, 33 . 326, 327, 329, | 37, j , Bil, | SUPREMK CoURT—GENERAL Teru—Held by Judges | 1, 188, 149, 150, f 64, | 65,'95, 107, 109, tio,” eos aaliiy | | | | | | Surkew® Court—Srkcia, Terw—Held by Judgo Larremore.—Demurrer—No, 10, Law and fact—No, 376, . Supreme Court—ciacurt—art 1—hola by Judgo Donohue.—Nos. 1545, 84 189, 1629, 1685, 1049, 1767, 1835, 1399, 1877, 1637, 1775, 1 1245, 1555, 1551, 166752, 423, 1623, 1461, 1795, 1711, | 1727, 1801, 1805, 1807, 1809, 180044, Part’ 2—Held by Judge Burrett—Caso on.—No. 2338. No day calendar. Part &—Adjourned to Monday, May 15, 1876, Scrgriok Court—Grxera, Txum.—Adjourned sine die, Surxrion Covrt—Srxcian Taru—Held by Chief Justice Monell.—Nos, 15, 25, 31, 30, Scpsrion Court—Tria. Tknm—Part 1—Held by Judgo Curtis. —No& 1017, 1018, 2120, "2101, 1068, 1074, 407, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1002, 1094, 1005. Part 2— Heid by Judge’ Santord,—Nos. '1807," 297, 1675, 1037, 1866, 722, 741, 919, 1034, ), 454, 1033, 964, 968, Common Puwas—Gxxeral Term—Held by Judges Daly, Robinson and Van Brunt.—Nos, 43, 63, 67, 69, 180, 183, 65, 71, 78, 80,. Coumox Pikas—Equity Term—Held by Judge J. F. Daly.—Noa. 4, 23, 1, 2, 13, 9, 25, 26. Common Pixas—rriaL Teru—Part 1—Hola by Judge Van Hocsen. —Nos. 1999, 95644, 1550, 1718, 954, 956, 606, 2447, 1104, 1900, 1621, 2103, 1630, 369, 1097, itz, 1436, 1164, 1369, 1871, 1074, 2112, 2115, 2117, 1337, 1528, 1211, 1207, 461i, mis. Sart 2—Adjourned until Monday’ May'15, 1878. |ARINKE COURT—TRIAL Tarm—Part 1—Hold by Judge Sberidan.—Nos 7614, 2360, 2574, 4166, 4167, 4151, 4212, 4213, 4214, 4216, 4220, 4221, 4223, 4225, 4229. Part 2— Held by Judge Goepp.—Nos. 4104, 3944, 4059, 4125, ‘TOLL, 2189, S481, 2334, 2624, 6705, 4116, 4138, 4122, 4233, 4230, 4237, 4238, 4240, 4241, 4244, 4245. Part 3~Held by Judge Aikar,—Nos. 7038, '7564, 6516, 6458, 6965, 5280, 06, 238344, 6017, 6974, 7018, 7035, 7039, 7045, 6965. Court oF GENKRAL Skssions—Held by Recorder Hackett,—Tho People vs. John Hubuer, felonious as- sault and battery; Sume vs. Morris Reevers and James McAndrew, vurglary; Same vs. William Anderson, Bernard Stecie and Thomas Farrell, burglary ; Same vs. Oto Masbach and Moritz Koppe, burglary; Same vs. Charles Williams, forgery; Same vs. Henry Biahop, felonious aseault and buttery; Same vs, Melluck Flora, arson; Same va. James Droady, grand lar- | ceny; Same vs. Mary J, Johnson, grand larceny; Same vs. John Fisher and Josephine Fishor, abduction; Same vs. Louisa Winter, disorderly house, THE ‘BROOKLYN DEFALCATION, Henry A. Solomons, ex-cashier of the Brooklyn De- partment of Arrears of Taxes, who was arrested last week ona charge of embezzling between $1,000 and $1,100 while filling that office, was arraigned before Justice Riley, in the Third District Court lay. ‘Acting upon the advico of his counsel, A. W. Tenn nit the prisoner waived examination, to go before the Grand Jury, and, in default of $5,000 bail, was com- mitted to jail, > . A HEAVY JUDGMENT. Yesterday in the Kings countv Supromo Court, be- fore Judge Pratt, judgment by defauit was rendered in the case of Aaron H. Degraw vs. William H. Platt et al, executors, for the sum of $18,837 88, It was an action ‘on an original juagment on a note for $10,000 made hy Nathan C. Piatt to the Park Bank of New York, en- tered on January 16, 1866, VY 1721, 1511, 187, 1599, 2770, 1769, . 1789, 1625, 1177, | VIGILANT OFFICERS. Doormen Jenkins and Waters of the House of Deten- tion were arraigned before Commissioners Wheeler and noglect of duty in not preventing the escape of Charles Vote, alias Muay, and Charles Baucr trom the House of Detention on the 6th inst. Tne defendants stated that they had performed their regular tours of duty and were not negligent in the same. The case was re- ferred to the full Board for action, THE ROBBERY RECORD. Early Tuesday morning Officer Winner, of the Twenty-ninth precinct, suspecting that burglars were in the unoccupied house Ne. 41 Eust Twonty-eighth street, forced open the door in time to see three bur: giars making their escape through the rear door, He fired two shots, but the burglars succeeded in escaping, by sealing the fences, Only a small quantity of lead pe was stolen. Sneak thieves entered tho apartments of Mrs. Catharine McGregor, at No. 125 Henry street, by means of talse keys, and stole $189 worth of clothing. While Lewis Webber was sleeping tn front of his saloon, at No, 42 Whitehall street, a pickpocket re- Neved bim of his gold watch, Sneak thieves stole from the office of Mr, Hist Kaup, at No, 10 Reado street, a gold watch and $60 in cash, AFRAID OF THE FENIANS, A man giving the name ot William C, Gray, supposed to be slightly insane, cailed on Superintendent Walling yesterday and asked for police escort while he waited on the British Consul, to whom hoe intended to apply for protection against a band of Fenians who threat- oned his life, He stated that he was an Orangeman, but bud no feelings of animosity agaiust the Fonians, who looked apon him as a secret emissary of the British ment watching their movements. He was furnished with the address of the Consul and he burried away. Ntennc etn Waco bang | wept bitterly, | an ‘uncomfortable position; summoning two of the hall | OF bread and drank some weak tea with apparont | rehsh; on Monday, May 8, | Ness saw deceased in RUBENSTEIN, FUNERAL OF THE MURDERER OF SARA ALEX- ANDER—INQUEST BEFORE CORONER 81MMB, ‘The body of Pesach N, Rubenstein was yesterday sur- rendered to the relatives, who consigned 1t to 18 final resting place. About eight o’clock on Tuesday even- ong, alter the post mortem had been made at the Ray- mond Street Jail, the body was taken to the Morgue in Willoughby street, where it was placed in an ice box, and being covered with a blanket was laid upon the floor in the receiving room adjoining the dissecting rooms. Two Hebrews, Charles Sachs, of No, 102 Prince strect, and Deputy Sheriff M. Jacobs, of No, 217 Madi- son street, New York, were employed by the father of Geceased to keep watch over the remains during the night. ‘About eight o'clock yesterday morning tho father of the deceased, Israel Rubenstem, arrived to obtain possession of the remains. With him came several oocu- pants of “front seats in the synagogue” of Ludlow and Bayard streets. As the forenoon advanced a large and motley assemblage gathered on the sidewalk in front of the building and clamored for admission. Deputy Sheriff Jacobs took possession of the door, however, and for about half an hour made himself very obnox- ous by refusing admission to any other than Hebrews or officiais, As soon as the Morgue keoper discovered that a preference was given to the Jew over Gentile by this self-appointed doorkeeper he caused the doors to be thrown open and admitted the crowd, Shortly after eleven o'clock a small black hearse, drawn by two white horses, and two coaches, occupied by Mrs. israc) Ru- bonstein, stepmother of Pesach N., Mrs. Sammitt, sis- ter of deceased, and three other female relatives, and Jacob end Louis, his brothers, stopped in front of the Morgue, The crowd within doors was driven out at once, and tho relatives were ushered ip to take a farewell view of the body. The mourncks About this juncture Israel observed among tho spectators Detective Zundt, who was one of the principal agents in bringing Pesach to judgment, and, rashing toward the officer in an excited and vio- lent manuer, he shook his fist at him and charged him with having been the cause of the ‘shedding of the blood of his innocent son.” Not desiring to obtrude upon the grief of the old gentleman Mr, Zundt quietly took his departure, A rude, unplaned, blackened box, covered with a pall of biask papor cambrio, was then brought in.from the hearse and the body was placed in it, The male relatives then boro it out into the strect | and deposited it in the. hearse. The mourners re-en- tered the carriages. The funeral cortége then moved on to Washington Cemetery, in the town of New Utrecht, L. 1, where he was buried in the grave of his mother. . TUR INQUEST. Simultaneously with the departure of the funeral from the Morgue, which was about twelve o'clock, tho inquest was commenced by Coroner Simms in the upper hall of the building. ‘The jury was as follows :—Hassun H, Wheeler, H. W. Deiter, James H. Hart, ¥F. W. Bird, M. D., George Kinkel, G. W. White, Michael Chauncy, J.J, Studwell, FT Nutt, Houry H. Eaves, P, Quinn, J, J. Drake. Counsellor GL, Mott, who with W. H. Beach defended Rubenstein, was in ‘attendance at the inquest. The first witness examod was Doputy Sheriff Mor- row, who testified that he was a special deputy pointed to watch the murderers Pesach N. Rubonste and Andreas Fuchs at the Kings County Jail. Witnes: was on duty till six P.M. on Monday, May 8; he no- ticed nothing strange in the prisoner, who passed his time, apparently, in meditation and prayer; for some days previous witness observed that the pris- oner had not worn the straps nor the box containing the Ten Commandments on his head; about nine o’clock the prisoner retired; he kept the candle burn- | ing tll a late hour; his sudden death was not ub- looked for, as his physicial condition had not been good for some weeks previous; the prisoner did not | refer to his condition or to his fecling ill; he expressed no request to communicate with his ‘relatives; his friends saw him last alive on Sunday last, Deputy Sheritt Howard, who was also specially de- tailed to keep watch over Rubenstein and Fuchs, tes- tified that he weut on duty about nine o'clock on Tues- day morning, May 9; the deceased was then lying on the bed; witness beard bim groan two or three times, and, On looking into the cell, saw that he was lying in boys to his assistance the witness hited Rubenstein up, and, readjusting the bed, laid bim down on it; doceased was at the time unconscious and in a dying _ condition; witness at once notifded Warden Stinson of the tact, and that official at once repaired to the cell, but de- ceased only gave a few convulsive gasps and expired at seven o’clcck that morning, three hours belore bi death, Rubenstein eat two soit boiled eggs, two pico deceased asked to see a | phy. tfor Dr. Shepard between ten and cloven o'clock; [ae Doctor had viously prescribed tincture of iron, but deceased suid he would ‘not take it unless. his brother should advise him to do | 80; decoased had been so much in tho habit of simulat- ing sickness that we hardly knew wlfen he was ll; he was lying in bed when he breakfasted on Tuesday; he did not stand on his feet at ail that day; witness never heard deceased had said ho would commit suicide; the food he eat was purchased by the Sherif. Warden Thomas A. Stinson testitied that the Doctor was called to see deceased on Monday last at halt-past | ten o'clock A. M.; DoctorgShepard examined tl deceased aud said he was lh @very Gobilitated co! dition; deceased said he had taken the medicine os ordered; the physician then asked Rubenstein if he would like to bathe and cleafise himself, but he said he wanted to put it off till the next day; the Doctor then ordered that deceased should have his hair cut off, and en did wash his body; deceased consented, ity, vo have bis aair shorn, with the exception of the locks at tne side; after the washing and hair- cutting he appeared to be refreshed and he was placed in his cotvand made comfortable for the night; wit- cell at eight o’clock on Mon- day night and again at eleven o'clock, when he found him ma reclining attitade on his bed reading his pray- ersand chanting; he watched him for ten minutes and Baw nothing peculiar in his appearance; when he was summoned at ten o'clock the next morning he found him dead, but he sent for a doctor to the hcspital, who pronounced him dead; he had been weak for two or three weeks prior to his death ; with regard to deceased's hems habits, he would eat very hearty at one meal and then he might eat very little for a day or two; her no truth in the story that he wanted to commit suicide, clan, and witness wet THE POST MORTEM, Dr. A W. Shepard, sworn, said:—I have attended deceased, P. N. Rubenstein, at times during his four months’ coninement; from the time of lis arrest till just before bis trial he eat so sparingly that I feared for bis life; I never attempted to force him to take anything; 1 prescribed for bim tonics, &c., on several occasions, but he would never take them; for the last month | suspecied tuborcular disease, and asked him to.allow me to make a physical examination of hia chest, but he positively declined; I doubt if he ever took more than a dose or twoof any medicine I prescribed tor him; yesterday I made the post mortem examination of the body, und found it very much emaciated, tho feet ‘umd hands swollea; his brain’ was smaller than normal and yer; Dloodiess;, the convolutions were deep _ an abundant in gray matter; tho righy luyg, with the exception of a sight tubercular deposit at its Apex, was healthy; the upper lobe of the Jett lung filvrated with tabercular deposits, and two cavities, about one ich in diameter cach, near 118 apex; iower lobe of left lung health (ne stomach and small intes- tines empty and their walls attenuated; the other or. gana healthy but bloodless and shrunken; in my opin- jon death resulted from incipient pulmonary tuber- calosis (consumption), produced by his selt-deprivation of nourtshments and nervous prostration, Sherif Daggett was the next witness, after which the case was given to the jury, who found that Pesach N. Rubenstein camo to his death from the cause assigned by the Doctor AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY. Yesterday morning the anniversary of the American Tract Society took place in the lecture room of the Fourth avenue Presbyterian church, corner of Twenty- second street. Rev. Dr. Irenwus Prime occupied the chair and prayer was offered by Rey. William Taylor, D. D. It was followed by the reading of reports by the secretary, Theamount of grant for publications was over $48,191 18, or over 72,000,000 pages, More than one-third of this amount was committed to home and foreign missionaries, one-fifth to the seamen, and through them sent to foreign ports, and 36,000,000 ‘have been used im connection with direct per- sonal efforts by colporteur agents apd life members of the society. - The receipts for the year, including $101,718 32 in donations and legacies, amounted to $492,252 30, to which is added $12,326 38, balance in treasury April 1, 1875, making the total resources jor the year $504,577 68. The expenditures amounted to frien. % leaving a balance im the treasury of 7,672. Durmg the year 229 colporteurs labored throughout the United States, who prayed and con- versed on personal religion with’ 119,906 families; found 26,1 Protestant families who habitually neglected’ attending evangelical preaching, 10,082 families of Roman Catholics. After the adoption of the Teport addresses were made by Rev, Dra, Adams, Budmgton, Anderson and Tyng. Iutions wero offerea by Dr. Tyng, among thom the following:— ~ Resolved, That in this year of our national jabilee this society mingles its congratulations with those of our whole country, expressing our devout gratitude to Gods for His Doundiess goodness in- preserving and ex, ig OUT NAS Uonal life, and encircling us with so many temporal and spiritual blessings. Bev. William Strong, of Philadelphia, was clected president, and about fifty vice presidents, Tho following committees were also appointed ;— Executive Committee. —Publishing Committee—Rov, Jobn Cotton Smith, D. D.; Rev. William L, Budington, D. D.; Rev. E. P. Rogers, D. D.; Rev. Thomas PD. An- derson, D, D. ; ‘Rev. Charies B. Shultz, Rev, John Hail, D. D._ Distribating Commitiee—Alfred 8. Barncs, Samuel 8. Constant, Dr. Willum N. Blakeman, Henry P. Marshgll, Matthew C. D. Borden, Gamatiel G. Smith. - Finance Committeo—Thomas ¢, Doremus, ;Samuei Co! Caled B. Knovals, Posipe broken, Jainea Frases, ° THE RAILWAY COMPETITION. THE CUTTING OF RATES—OCEAN FREIGHTS— . COST OF TRANSPORTATION, &C. Yesterday there were no especially new develop- ments in regard to the vexed question of railway freights, but the merchants ot New York are happily able—tbrough the rivalries between the trunk lines— to dictate their own terms to tho agents for railroad transportation, A HxRaLp reporter was informed by a large shipper yesterday that a contract for the trans- portation of a large quantity of corn had been wade by a certain bouse here at tho rate of fifty-seven cents, gold, 100 pounds, from Chicago to Liverpool. As soon as the steamship companies heard of this their rates stiffened up, and the margin of profits left to the rail- way carriers would not leave them suflicient to pay for the oil that greases the wheels of their car axles. Ag to passenger rates, no reductiot was determined on in fares betwequ this city and the Western points. An officer of one of the rival roads said to the writer yesterday ;—“You think, because ‘the cut rates of pas- senger fares have not been made gublic, that no change has occurred. I tell you, however, that thero is an actual reduction by the Baliiusore and Obio and Penn- sylvania Central of about forty per cent in fares to the West The Hxnaup published la3t October the fact that the railroads, except the Baltimore and Ohio line, were offering to sell tickets from Cincinnati to New York and return, good for thirty days, for $10. This was demed at the time, buta circular of one of the competing roads was sent to the Hxaaxp in which the offer was found to bs distinctly made.”” Charles Francis Adama, in his able report to the Massachusetts Legislature as Railroad Commissioner, lately said:—“The only course to pursue toward rail- road corporations is to bring to bear upon them tho power of public ypinion, This should be done by A BOARD OF ARHITRATORS, whose duty should be to hear complaints, and it found to be just to suggest to the officers of corporations their correction, If this is refased, then the Legisia- ture should be appealed to and the people will always sustain vigorous action.” © ‘A meeting of railway officers at Chicago is hinted at, with a view to the adjustment of the freight troubles, but Commodore Vanderbilt has suggested the true cause of the difficulty in the words—‘There are too many roads and too little business tor them.’ Thero- fore it is a free fyht. between Massachuretts, Pennsy!- vauia, Maryland aud New York, as represented by their railroads, As au evidenco of the impetus given to trade at this ,| port by the prompt reduction of rates for wheat from Chicago castwardly by the Central road, it .may be stated generally that ocean treights Immediately ad- vanced, and grain room per steam to Liverpool was in demand, and that for the close of this week the mar- ket was quite strong at about cight pence per bushel under liberal arrivals of gran per rail. Among railroad men generally it is conceded that tho war must be along and ruinous one. As the whole matter of competition is now open, and the stubborn- ness of Mr. Vanderbjlt is conceded, the first cffect must be to crippte, the Contral’s New England competitor, the Grand Trank road. A large shipper of hogs said esterday, “I could bripg my hogs two weeks ago to joston twenty-live per cent cheaper than to New York; now I can bring thom here ten por cent cheaper than to Boston,’ Last year, when the freight war was not so sharp as at present, the following rates prevailed on the Shore and New York Central roads:—On wheat, from ag to Builalo, two and a half cents. per bushel; from Buffalo to New York, seven cents, and with the ad-ition of one cent per bushel-- to cover lighterage and } other charges—about ten or eloven cents per bushel. Now acar carries about 300 bushels—say averaging from $30 to $33 per car. This is about three-tenths of a mill per ton per mile, while the State Engineer in his report says that tne actual cost of transportation 1s avout five-eighths of a mill per ton per mile, This ia jtaruing fact, and may throw some light on the rela- ability of railroads to stand such destructive busi- ness. ‘There is anothor aspect of the question which is seri- ous. When tho rail lines are all doing a healthy and remunerative business the like trade flourishes und freight concentrates at Buffalo, At least ubout fifiy- tive percent concentrates there; the natural seaport, then, is New York, and over forty per cent reacnes here. “Now, when'the lake men find it more profitable to Jay up than to run, the business becomes all rail, and each seaport stands an equal chance for trade, and Now York loses a certain proportion. At least this’ 18 the view taken by the enemies of Central; but the old Commodore tord the writer a few days since in answer to this, “Let the other lines take care of their cities; ‘we'll sce that New York gots ber share.” ‘| REAL ESTATE. The following salos were held at the Exchango yes- terday:— E. H. Ludlow & Co, sold, in foreclosure, the building Na. 64 Suffolk streot, between Grand and Broome, with Jot 26x100, and houses front and rear, tor $9,000, to H. H. Brown. , Jere, Johnson sold, in foreclosure, a house, with lot 17x80, 5, north side ot Fifty-seventh street, 66 feet cast of Lexington avenue, for $16,523, to T. J. Temple. R. V. Harnett sold, in foreclosure, a house, with lot 20x70, on the west side of First avenue, 81,10 feet south of 116th street, for $7,200, to D. Udell. 1 B. A. Lawrence sold, in foreclosure, two houses, with lots aggregating in size 50x100, Nos. 59 and 61 Willett street, west side, between Delancey and Rivington streets, for $12,450, to the plainth; also, by partition sale, the house and lot No, 142 Chrystie strect, west side, between Broome and Delancey streets, for $10,500, to G. E. Johnson, Peter F. Meyer sold, in foreclosure, a building, with lot 20.35¢385, on east side of Third avenue, 61.74, foot Pg of Seventy-ninth street, for $14,700, to the plain- TRANSFERS. ofl 60: 22d st., 6. 8., 315 N. w, sidy to Patric! Retreat av... 6. 75 ward) ; Martin Oifen and wife to U. Pilger. ‘Union st., x 8., 140 ft. e. of Courtlane ay.. 25x100 f ward); Anna Scheringer and husband to Louisa Edell ee $1,850 . of Cth ay., 62.6% 100.5; rs (executors) to David Dinkel- see, 29,409 Daniel . B. Jn sees ; William I, Oertel and wife ‘Marie’A. aa 3 +24 12,000 5Yd st. 8.8.,.175 ft. e. of Lexington av., 33 Marie A. Kessler and husband to William H,Oertel 28,000 hav. mW. w. corner of 4th st., 21L03;xirrogalar; Thomas Russell and wife to Johu Cavanagh... .. wich st., s. w. corner of 12th st., 23x— ‘Sth av., w. 5, 52 ft. n. ‘est to Kinma L. 5 st, ms, FOth st., 0. 8., 100.5; Hare riet C. Stanton and husband to Samuel L. Wheeler 19,000 w. of 8th av., 50x100.5; same to jartha: wn and others. 19,000 mW. corner of 37th st. (M0; Patrick B. Jotun and others (executors) to Jam ‘STth st., u. 8, 25x7R¥; Elisa Seudder and to Isane Hendeix, rs fn st, 20, 1398021 (executors) to Daniel ; Samuct M 13th st. (No, 87), East, 3 yours; Jobn Owens and others to Janes W. Bingurt pom Sti ~ $2,250 Bank st, . w. corner of West st., 10 years; James il, ‘Thaser to John H. Hessian: 8,600 Bank st., same (store), 6yeurs; John H. Hessmann to Diederich Bu KS. Bord, John, und wife, to Surah FU «No, 1255.3 yours. derhill, Cedar 5 i tawsoli, “s. Ww. corner ct" * ears. fe Wpagssez sere. OCD wite, io John i. Xekertian, 1,500 Cassin, James and wile, to Liles Ferrier (exeeuton, fw, coruer of 24'av, apd 37th, peat MeCafferty, ul and wile, t e. coruot of Madison nv. and Guh st; 1 a} McGovern, James A., to George G. De others (executors), & @. corner of 2d av. and Traders’ Netional Bunk, Ollvor s ers’ Nation: Longstreet, Sarah E. and husband, to ine Westbrook, n. s. of 132d st, w. of Oth av.: 3 yeprs, McFarland, Matilda M., to Jacob Hays, Cooper’ st, Hofman, rma B, and, husband, to Continental fa: 4 continental in- ‘surance Com # of 22d st., w. of Oth ave; 1 Boge rin ‘e. corner of West and Beach sts, : 10 2 Nagle, Garrett and wife ta Hannah J, = Suh ats, Ww, Of 2d ay. 2 3,400 Hanenoy, Johin nbd wite, to Hiram Susdetya, x of ih ’ ra ¥ Mecwe OE MBA. L Senter rece ree of Morris uv. (28d ward); 1 y Meyer, Andrew and wife, to Henry Iase wite, 8. s of Sth st., ¢, of av. B Rosenthal, Hannah and husbu ¢. corner of 6th nd 10th st. ; Dy Barber, Huxh,to Lewis Datd and others, n. 11U¢h at., ©. of Bth av:; 1 year..... LAST MONTH'S FIRES. The Fire Marshal’s report ‘forthe month of April Shows a total of 90 fires, on 61 of whith the loss was Tess than $100; between $100 and $1,000, 20 fires; bo- tween $1,000 and $5,000, 7 fires; and between $10,000 red with last year the in the losses, and $20,000, 2 fires, As com report shows an astonishing will be seen by the following table; — Loss on buildings. Loss on stock a THE INFLEXIBLE. © —eP s DETAIS OF THE LAUNCH OF TRE WHW BRITISH OF NAVAL WARFARE IN THE WORLD. The new Britiah tron-clad spip-of-war Inflexible was Successfully launched at Portsmouth, om the 20th of April, by the Princess Louise, as aunounced in our cable telegram, The En{ish mail papers of the fol- lowmg day supply @ report of the ceremony, withs description of the vessel, at the ‘prosent moment the most formidable naval engine in the world, ‘THR WAR SUP ISPLEXINLE, [From the London Times, April 26,) The Inflexibie, double turrot sbip, is triumph of mechaaical ingenuity, and marks ap era in the history of naval shipbuilding. But already, as if to show the impossibility of attaining the stage of finality as te- gards the construction of our men-of-war, there is every reason to believe that she has been exceliod, even before she has entered her native element, in her special points of enormous penetrating power com. bined with perfect protection. Designed ag an im- provement upon the Russian Peter the Great, sno will herself be surpassed by the two Italian frigates which are building at La Spezzia and Castellamare. Wa are only, of course, now speaking of the thick+ noes of armor, and not of the other questions discussed between Mr. Reed and Signor Matted, While the Inflexible'’s turrets are formed of a single thickness of 18-inch armor, and her armament consists of four 81-ton guns, the turrets of the Dandolo and the Duilio are built of plates: 22 inches thick, and aro armed with four 100-ton guns, 80 feet long, and having a calibre of 19 inches, manufactured by Sir William Armstrong & Co, and which with a charge of 300 pounds of powder, are supposed capable of carrying # shot 2,000 pounds in weight, Nor 1s this all,. fer’ the manutactureres of the. armor for the Italian ships, Messrs. Cammell & Co,, of Sheflield, have publicly stated that they aro willing to roll solid plates 30 or 40 inches in thicknoss ag soon. asa gun has been contracted of sufficient energy to penetrate their 22-inch plates; and the challenge will probably be accepted sooner than they anticipate, ‘For the moment the advantage scems in favor of armor, but its supremacy is bemg gradually undere ‘mined by the gunnery experiments at Dulmen, few. months ago the 854;-centimetre Krupp gum pierced a target representing the citadel of the In« flexible—that 18, 24 inches of iron in two thicke nosses—at a distamce of 1,800 motres, Tha Inflexible, which was commenced on the 24th of February, 1874—so that two yeara, have elapsed sinc: the laysng down of the keel—is ‘a twin-screw double: |. turret. ship, with a central armored citadel, and was designed by Mr, N. Burnsby, director of naval con struction. { THE LENGTH OF THR VESSEL between perpendiculars is 320 fect, and she bas tho exe traordinary breadth of 76 toet at the water tine, The ship hus been described by her d rasa Jar armored castle, and, as has FA been stated, fhe whole of the other parts of tho ship which are unpro- tected by armor have been assigned ‘their dimen- sions for tae simple purpose of floating m this invulnerabie citadel and the turrets by which Ty surmounted, THE PROTECTED PORTION OF THR SHIP is confined to the citade! or battery, within whose wallg are enclosed the engives and boilers, the turrets, the. hydraulic toading gear, the ay and, in fact, all the vulnerable parts of the vessel, It moasures ‘110 fect in length, 75 tects in breadth, and is armored to the depth of 6 feet 5 inches below the water fine, and 9 fect 7 inches aboveit. The sides of the citadel consist of an outer thickness of 12-inch armor plating, strengthened by vertical angle iron girders 11 inches wide and ¥ {eet apart, the space between them being ‘filled im with teak backing. Behind these girders, and in the wake of the water line, is another thickness of 12-:nch armor, backed by horizontal girders 6 \inches wide and supported by a second thickness of teak back~ ing. Ingide this uro two thicknesses of 1-inch plate ing, to Wich the horizontal girders are secured, tha whole of the armor backing and plating being sup- ported by and bolted to transverse frames, two feet apart, and composed of plates und angle irons. It w thus be seen that the total thickness of armor at. the water line streak is not loss thun 24 inches, THK ARMOR BELT, bowever, is not of uniform strengih throughout, bgt varies in accordance with the importtance of the pro- tection required and the exposure to attack, Conse-" quently, while the armor at the water level js 24 inches in thickness,.of 12 inches eacn, above the water line 16 4s 20 inches, in two thicknesses of 12 inches and 8 inches, aud below the water line it is reduced to 1@ inches, in two thickuesses of 12 inches and 4 inches, The teak backing with which it 1s supported alse varics inversely to the thickness of the armor, betng, respec- tively, 17 inches, 21 inches and 25 inchos in thickness, and forming, with the armor with whieh is is asso- ciated, a uniform wall 41 inches thigk. : THE DEPTH OF ARMOR below the load water-ling is 6 feet 5inches; but as the { vessel will be sunk a foot on going into action, by letting the water into its double bottom, the sides will thar have armor protection to the depth of 7 feet 6 inches below the fighting line. é ‘THE OUTSIDE AR¥OR i 1s fastened by bolts 4 inches in dSweter, secured’ nuts and elastic washers on the inside points. _T! | shelf-plate on which the armor rests isformed of ineb steel plates, with angie iron on tho outor edge inches by 33, inches by 9-10ths of an iuch. THK ARMOR ON THE YORK NULKUEAD OF THE CITADEL | 13 exactly the samo in every respect as that on the sides, but the armor of the rear bulkhead ts somewhat thinner, being of the respective gradations of 22 18 inches aid 14 inches, and forming with the teak | backing, which is 16 inches, 20 inc'gss and 24 inches, a uniform thickness of 38 inches, It inay also be useful to mention that before and abaft thé citadel the frames are formed of 7-1ch and 4-inch agile irons, covered with 9-16th-inch plates, But the most singular feature in the design of the ship is THR SITUATION OF TBE TURRETS. In the Devastation and Thunderer, and, in fact, all monitors afloat. the turrets are placed on the middld line—an arrangement which, though advantageous in. some respects, possesses this signal disady: e, thas ouly one-halt the guns can be brought to on an enemy either right ahead or direct astern. In the Inflexible, however, the turrets rise up on either si of the ship en éckelon within the citadel walls, 1! force turret being on the port side and the after turret on the starboard side, while the superstractures ar¢ vuilt up along a tore and aft line of the deck. By these means the whole of the four guns can be dige charged simultancously at a ship right ahead or right astern,eor on either beam, or in pairs toward any point of the compass. Besides these important advantages | the gans of each turret can be projected clear of the | ship's mone tn the case of the one turret to and in | the case of the other turret to starboard, They can be ooo | then depressed oe ‘not only to strike a vessel at | close quarters below tho line of her armor, but even ta fire down on to the deck should the enemy bo ranged alongside. fale THE WALLS OF THE TURRETS, which have an internal diametor of 28 feet and an ex- ternal diameter of 83 fect 10 inches, are forned: of urmor of a single thickness of 18 inchos—the thickest ever manufactured, with the exception of the 22-inch | experimental plate which was roiled at Messrs. Cam- | mell & Co.'s works at sheffield, a w weeks for the turrets of tft Italian frigates—with atin the same thickness, and au inver plating of one iach in two equal thicknesses, All experience has proved that, jor many this arrang: ment ta the’ best. The wood backing distributes the | vlow whon struck, deadens the vibration, the portage op stops the splinters, while the inner iron skin is ofthe utmost advantage, since it renders the backing more compact and also assists in arresting the passage of débris. | THE MKIGHT OF THE TURRET PORTA from the loud line is 12 feet, and a foot less from the fighting linc, and all the plating in the wake of the uns 1s considerably strengthen. Kach turret will have an armament of a couple of 8l-ton guns, and altLough the Commitiee on Explosives have not deter- mined with respect to these guns by the calibre, the umount of the charge or the size of the powder grain: | yetit1s Known that with a bore of 16 inches and 305 | pounds of powder theso torrible weapons are capable of | Sending a projectile of 1,650 one a ann, the armor | of the Devastation. The Intlexibie will carry 100 ! rounds PO Ete but the storago is. equal to 120 if re- quir THE OFFICERS AXD MEN ,| together will number 350, for whose use 22 tons of fresh water will be carried, suflcient for two weeks’ consumption, and 16 tons of provisions, which are equal | to a consumption of twelve weeks. As a | PROTECTION AGAINST THE CASUALTIES OF WAR | and the sea, the hail is divided, by means of the trans. | verse and longitudinal bulkheads into no fewer than 135 | water-tight compartments, aud arrangements will bo | made for quickly removing thereirom any water that may collect within them through collision or other | cause, Each of the water-tight compartments has been tested by hydraulic pressure. The Inflexible will be PROPELLED a, twin screws, an arrangement which ts necessary in ships of ber weight and buk to secure handiness im } action; ana Serew will be driven by an independent | Compound engine, ‘THE TWO ENGINES: are of 1,000 nominal horse power in tho aggregate, are guaranteed by the coniractors ww fadieates oan horsvs on the measured mile. As originally d 1% Was pot intended that the Inflexible anoat bb masted, and it was not, indeed, until the const of the ship bad been tar aavanced that the ‘adtairalty were led to sanction a change, in deference to the rep-" Ferentations of naval advisers, who potted out the danger of trusting the satety of the ship to steam wer alone. She will, accordingly, be brig rigged, aving two iron masts, but no bo: rit gout, ‘Tho hull of the Indextole weighs 7,300 tobe sand * CORONERS’ CASES, . In the caso of James Carr, who was said to have dlo® from tho effects of a blow from a policeman’s elib on March 12, the jury empanciled by Coroner Ellinger found that the biow bad been occasio: stone thrown during a mélée, but by rare ascer- tained. Yosterday by Coroner Woltman In the inquest held street, who Bd inst, | verdict of Jy tie case of John Steble, four ‘oars ld, of No, 519 Past Eleventh a masta Sees Poot on