The Press. — London, England, 1855-04-14 00:00:00

FIRM 111 350 Court aub (fustian. Her Majesty continues at Windsor. Prince Albert visited town on Thursday, for the purpose of presiding at a meeting of the Patriotic Fund Commissioners. Cabinet Councils were held on Saturday and Wednesday last. VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH. The programme of the brief visit which the Emperor Napoleon and Empress Eugenie are to pay to the British Sovereign is now pretty well outlined. The following are the latest arrangements : The Emperor and Empress leave Paris to-morrow (Sunday) by railway for Boulogne. The suite is composed as follows :—ln the suite of the Emperor— His Excellency Marshal Valliant, M. le Grand Marechal du Palais, and his Excellency the Duke de Bassano, M. le Grand Chambellan. Aides-de- Camp—General Count de Montebello, M. le Colonel Comte Edgar Ney, and M.le Marquis de Toulongeon, Officier d'Ordonnance. In the suite of the Empress. —Madame la Princesse d'Essling, Grande Maitresse Dames du Palais—Mme. la Comtesse de Montebello ; Mme. la Baronne Malaret. Premier Chamberlain — M. le Comte Charles de Tascher de la Pagerie. Their Majesties will probably sleep at Boulogne, and early on Monday morning proceed to Dover, where they will be received by Prince Albert. Lord Cowley will accompany the Emperor, and proceed with the imperial cortege to Windsor Castle. Orders have been given to have apartments pre pared for the Emperor and Empress of the French and their suites, and a clejeuner is to be ready for their Majesties and the Prince at twelve o'clock on Monday at the Lord Warden Hotel. Their Majesties will leave Dover for Windsor Castle by a special train at two p.m. on Monday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert will arrive at Dover at ten p.m. to morrow, and will sleep at the Lord Warden Hotel. The Black Eagle, Admiralty steam-yacht, is now lying in Dover harbour, and the squadron at Spit head, consisting of the Neptune, 120, Orion, 91, Powerful, 84, Calcutta, 84, Pylades, 21, Centaur, 6, were signalled at six o'clock on Wednesday night to weigh and proceed to SL Helens at daylight yester day morning, as the ships will be wanted to go intu the Downs to form a guard of honour to receive and salute the Emperor and Empress on their approach to the English shores. Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., Commander in-Chief at Ports mouth, hoisted his flag on board the Neptune on Thursday afternoon, and took the squadron, which consists of nine sail, and two exercising brigs, to Dover. The appearance of this squadron was very picturesque. At Windsor the imperial visit forms the sole topic of interest. The greatest activity and bustle is ob servable in every department of the Castle. The in habitants are also on the alert, all aspiring to dis play their loyalty and enthusiasm on the occasion. The local subscriptions for showing honour to the imperial visitors is rapidly increasing, and already amount to more than 5001. Thursday is the day appointed for the imperial visit to the City. The arrangement for the reception of the Emperor and Empress of the French at Guild hall are being completed with the greatest rapidity, under the superintendence of Mr. Bunning, the City architect. Their Majesties will be received in the Hall, where the address from the City Corpora tion will be presented, and then proceed to the Council Chamber, where they will partake of a sumptuous clejeuner. In the evening the Emperor and Empress will accompany the Queen in State to the Royal Italian Opera. On Friday the illustrious guests will visit the Crystal Palace. On that occasion the public will be excluded from the building itself while their Majes ties are making their inspection, but in their pro gress the latter will present themselves on the bal cony to the people assembled in the gardens. Sea son-ticket holders will be admitted to the interior during luncheon in the Queen's apartments, and her Majesty and her august visitors will then pass down the entire length of the Palace to the place of exit behind the I'ompeiian Court. Respecting other proceedings, it is understood that on Wednesday the Queen will hold a grand Chapter of the Order of the Garter at Windsor, at which the Emperor Napoleon will receive investiture at the hands of Her Majesty. On Saturday next, as at present arranged,the Em peror and Empress will return to France. The members of the Army and Navy Club have determined to invite the Emperor of the French to a public entertainment at their Club-house in Pall mall on any day most couvenient to his Majesty during his stay in London. Four hundred officers of the two services have put down their names► THE PRESS. It is said that there will be a review of the whole of the household troops at Windsor during the stay of the imperial visitors. Sabi ad Volta. COLO NEL SIBTHORP AND THE LINCOLNSHIRE MILITIA. SHORTLY after the Clerkenwell Police-court opened on Saturday last Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., entered, and, being accommodated with a seat on the bench, in the form of an address to Mr. Corrie, the presiding magistrate, entered into some explanation touching the Lincolnshire Militia. The gallant member said : To my utter surprise I was pointed out a paragraph in the morning papers of yesterday (k'riday) reflecting on the regiment I have the honour to command, and so astonished was I at the statements made in it that I at once proceeded, although it was Good Friday, to the War-office, to ascertain what proceedings could be taken to remedy the evident misunderstanding. I must say that that paragraph must have been published by the papers for the purpose of vilifying me. I know they seize on every oc casion for so doing, but I will always resist the proceedings of a licentious press, no matter whether in the House of Commons or in this court. As to the general statement of the facts, it is totally incorrect; for, when I addressed the regiment on the point of volunteering for their reattestation, my observations were received with three cheers, and I subsequently visited the men in their rooms at dinner time, where I took the opportunity of ordering them a pint of ale each. I have always treated my men with kindness and consideration, and will continue to do so. I offered to provide them with extra comforts out of my own pocket, for, thank God, I have the means at my disposal, and already I have expended between 3,000 k and 4,0001. on the regi ment. I have been grossly vilified, but I fear no inquiry, and as an old soldier I have come here to see that nothing discreditable shall be attached to the royal regiment I have the honour to com mand. I hope the public may know that whatever may be said against me there is one thing certain, that I know I shall get plenty of recruits. Mr. CORRIE remarked that the paragraph com plained of was not of the editorial character, but merely the report of an er parte statement made in that court by some of the soldiers of the regiment commanded by Colonel Sibthorp. He had, however, received a letter which would clear up the affair. It was as follows: Cambridge-barracks, Portsmouth, Friday, April 6. ; Sir—l observe in the police reports of this day that an appli . cation has been made to you for relief by some of the men be- 1 longing to the regiment under my command, and that you ex- , tended the same to them, for which I beg to tender you my thanks. Their statement is substantially correct—namely, that their passages to their homes had not been given them, the major-general commanding at this place being of opinion that these men were merely going on leave of absence, and conse quently not entitled to their passages home from the public ; they were at the same time recommended to wait till an answer was received from the War-office on this important point ; but they were in such a hurry to get to their homes that they at once departed. This authority has been since received (yester day morning), and all such men and their families who remained till then have been furnished with passages to their several places of abode—the last, namely, the families, at the expense of the regiment, Government not finding this. I regret that such a proceeding should have been necessary, but it is absurd to suppose that the passages of near 401.1 men and their families could be provided without a regular authority. In conclusion I beg to add, that if from the poor-box or any other source you have been good enough to forward any of these men home, that on an account being sent to us it shall be repaid. I may add that I have also sent orders to Grantham, our county head quarters, to see eves) man paid his passage from hence who may call upon one of my officers there and request it. HENRY E. FARE, Lieutenant-Colonel commanding Royal South Lincoln Militia. From this letter, added Mr. Corrie, it appears that the men have been treated with great kindness, and had they waited would have been sent to their homes. In reference to the publication of the erroneous statement, the magistrate observed that the publica tion of such statements in the newspapers had fre quently been attended with great and good results, though no doubt at times the parties complained of suffered under unjust imputations until they had been beard. Colonel SIBTFIORP agreed with his worship, and was satisfied with having given the explanation he had made. During the gallant colonel's short speech, the au dience in the court had frequently to be checked from giving open expression to their admiration of his conduct towards his soldiers. THE LONG-PENDING WILL CASE, " Hopwood v. Earl Sefton," closed on Wednesday night at seven o'clock. The jury, after spending three hours in consideration, returned a verdict for the defendant, thusideclaring Mr. Hopwood, the testator, of unsound mind, and his last will null and void. MRS. RAMSBOTHAM was tried at the Westminster Sessions on Wednesday, for stealing some cambric handkerchiefs from the shop of Mr. Moule, in Baker • street. The trial lasted the whole day, the facts, which have already been made public in the previous examination at the police-court, being recapitulated by the various witnesses. At half-past four the jury retired, and by eight the court was informed that there was no chance of their agreeing upon a verdict. By consent of the counsel on both sides, ratified by the assistant-judge, the jury were then discharged without giving any verdict, and the prisoner was libe rated immediately afterwards. Lulea BURANELLI, the Italian, was tried at the Old Bailey, on Thursday, for the murder of Mr. Latham, at Foley-place. The prisoner was also arraigned on atinor chArgo of Willg attempted to murder SATURDAY, Mary Ann Jeames; but the evidence given respecting the graver offence, and in which were recapitulated the facts already well known to the public, was per fectly conclusive. His counsel attempted merely to set up the accustomed plea in such cases of insanity, but the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and sen tence of death was pronounced by the judge (Mr. Justice Erle) on the culprit. A COURT. MARTIAL assembled on Thursday on board the flag-ship Victory, in Portsmouth Harbour, to try the officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Tiger, lost on the 12th of May last at Odessa. The court was composed of the following officers :—Rear- Admiral Martin, of the St. Vincent, president; Lord G. Paulet, Captain Ayres, Captain Gordon, Captain Harriss, Captain Wilcox, Captain Caldwell, Captain Elliot, Captain Seymour, Captain Fisher, Captain Farquhar, and Captain Crispin. The President said that the officers and crew of her Majsty's ship Tiger were acquitted of all resposibility as to the loss of the ship, with the exception of Lieut. Royer, and the master, Mr. Addington. Both officers were ac cordingly ordered to take their trial, to answer for the loss of the ship.—Evidence as to the circumstances under which the Tiger grounded in the fog off Odessa was given by several witnesses, and the inquiry was still proceeding when the court adjourned fur the day. Actikuts an Offnuts. THE fine new screw-steamship North Carolina from Philadelphia for Liverpool, was totally lost' on Sunday morning, by a collision in the Channel. The unfortunate steamer was of 1,300 tons burden and had been recently completed at Philadelphia. She left that port for Liverpool under the command of Captain Washington Symmes on the 21st ult., and had progressed very favorably until her arrival in the Channel, when on Sunday morning, at half past one o'clock, she VMS run into by the ship Robert, which left Liverpool for New Orleans on the sth inst., about thirty miles west of Tuskar light. The ship struck her on the port side forward of the torerigging, causing her to fill immediately, and she sank in about ten minutes. The captain and twenty-one of the crew were taken on board the Robert, and brought back to Liverpool. The remainder, eleven men, were seen in the boats alongside another ship at daylight. Beyond the loss of her cutwater, the Robert sustained little or no damage. THE steamer Lucifer, which left Liverpool in February for the Crimea, was obliged to put into the Tagus for repairs. All her wooden huts bad been burnt for fuel, her consumption of coal being double the quantity estimated when she left Liverpool. A DARING ATTEMPT was made at Sleaford on Mon flay night last to rob the house of Mr. Moore, the clerk of the peace. An entrance into the cellar had been effected by wrenching up an iron grating in the garden, and a man bad thence passed along an underground passage to the foot of the staircase, where he was busily engaged cutting his way through the panel of the door. Mr. Moore, however, hap pened to dicover the operations, and summoning hia domestics, by a little careful manoeuvring, replaced the grating, and the fellow was effectually caught in a trap, implements and all. He turned out to be a regular hand, and gave the name of George Clarke but is believed to be John O'Brien, well known in London and Nottingham, and lately returned from Gibraltar on a ticket of leave. THE RAILWAY FROM Moscow (says the Patrie) has recently conveyed t SI. Petersburg considerable masses of gold and silver from the mines of the Ural Mountains, which this year, in consequence of the development given to the works, have been more productive than in former years. The manufacturers of arms are working night and day, and a number of German workmen, seduced by very advantageous offers, have established themselves in the interior of Russia. For the second time the clergy of St. Ser gins, near Moscow, who pass for being the richest in Russia, have made a patriotic gift to the Emperor, amounting, it is said, to nearly one million of francs. A PARLIAMENTARY PAPER has just been issued, con taining an estimate of the sums required to be voted for the year ending the 31st March, 185 8 , for pu blic education in Great Britain. The estimate to be moved on the reassembling of the House of Commons i for the current year is 381 , 9211., of which 70,000/. s required for building, &c., elementary and normal schools ; 4,0001. for books in elementary schools : 145,000/. for pupil teachers and gratuities to their instructors. Sums are required for training-schools. In London the salaries of the establishment amount to 9,431/. The secretary has 1 , 0001., and an advi sin g counsel 300/. The cost of inspection is no less than 31,9401. in the year. There are 41 inspectors, from from 2001. to 800/. a year. A COURT OF DIRECTORS was held at the East India-house on Thursday, when Mr. Elliot Macnagh ten was chosen chairman, and Colonel Sykes deputy. thlinlain for the year Windom