The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-11 00:00:00

Go' r•.,larrr— own bad biy t S. a\v ie, biter pro les***".; lude stow" rtb i l • zt* — • 311 at 0 " t , e Oit cla 0 4/ 5 vf Bag n the l it ll.' esba e " rer f , s j n Abt is 0 1 3ervi. ,otter a ?}iv' ft 6 r ie;to' Y 1 01 12 ' bttl er ss iovN,' [owl' 00 41 ' 01 , 1 0 , forth oif° 0. Pe' tog° . lep Ai. SP PIA ° loOd ,s 0 /b el t ,lo t , * We.* ;4 *, 4. 4 I 0 gr, g,4„ k..t; 14 SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) ---- (B r ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) illuebeard 4..7.° 11. ANDICAP PLATE. vingt.tin ............................... . ...... ~ Four ran. t phetius CRAVEN PLATE. Cheddar* '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Seven ran. COLUMN STAKES. tiabe nt , ..................... Dale Morn .......... _ Seven ran. niomicAT, - PLATE. ...... Tumbler .................................. Skins ...... Seven ran. LATEST BETTING. COLUMN STAKES. 7to 4 on Ffabena (taken). 4to 1 agst. Rambling Katie (taken). 4to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (off). 12 to 1 agst Sneer Colt (taken). TI EIE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 4 agst St. Hubert. 4to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) Etta, NORTHERN hANDICAP. 6to 1 a gi t V andal (taken). to 1 agst Neville taken) 9 to 1 agst Fandango (taken). CHESTER CUP. 2012 to 1 agst Scythian (taken). to 1 agst Andover (taken). SO to 1 agst Ethelwolf (taken). DERBY. 10 .15 t t o o 1 agst Rifleman (taken). 20 1 agst Wild Dayrell. 45 to 1 a,st Dirk Ha tteraick (taken). to 1 agst Grzeculus Esuriens (taken). 5 0 t o 1 agst Rambling Katie (taken). C ATTERICK RACES. (Tills DAY.) I 41-Y. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) I g t4 Pod ar CRAVEN HANDICAP. 1dri1..11...(7r1:4(1.Tr-e. ''''' ************************************ 4 h Nine ran. Pl 'klf ttt B OROUGH HANDICAP. ....... 1 8,4: ................................................. kirnoitti;••••• .................................... . .................. ........ be ' folL": ...... " ............................ Van Winkle, ''' l l'l 4 - Jag also ran : —S t. A n d rew, moir e SIXTH TRIENNIAL. Tatton ............. ... ..................... - NY .... ••• .... (18.41 et' SEVENTH TRIENNIAL. etl! ........... I% be .......... 441 e ..... .. ................ *4 B , 421f1NSTER SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) 'o tie 43.1% Sergeant Adams, Assistant Judge.) t kt).;:tions OP ATTEMPTING TO PICK POCKETS. 4C't :bons middle-aged woman, L . tetchy ' a H arr iet Davis. Leiprela h r ing t an , o pick the pocket of was indicted I+h °II the p rosecu t r i x , s t a ted that shewasat Agog a visit a t th e res idence of 4(I on ;f, I 4, 'Upper Pelgrave•street, .and on the after 8p Sergeant % ) t pah;tre 2 4th M arch she pa id a visit to an her friend, exhibi e tion , Nies l e :gs in Pall Mall, in company with fej t r h i lk Thomp son . Whil s t lookingat tm the pictures ediately eiktight ad in h er d ress pocket and she immediately t ( )fit It was the prisoner's hand. When she e r (w 7 tile prisoner's hand the latter caught hold of 4 4ea re t ., lies s) as though suddenly taken ill and faint, and ho lt to Wish to lean upon her for support. Witness, s hor: t 7l s hook her off, and the prisoner then walked a diltanee, feigning to be scarcely able to stand, but th en tew Moments she began inspecting the paintings as t4ll she wa s per f ectly recovered. She was after % t• il , et. give n into custody by the authorities at the exhi kiss Thompson having (IN e:of the prisoner, er!3ant Smith, 28 A, al so spoken to the strange con• deposed to receiving the pri -4 Ate his custody. She stated to him that she was it)g b3r and • peoplegoinginto the exhibition s tho seeing ttc_, ught it was a sale, and also went in. I to N zt her Where she lived, when she told him No. 4, aver' °II ) Which was no address at all. Witness, how hakt:'ebt to all the houses of that number in the iiiephod, but could not find that any such person d ttl hir g I t any of them. The prisoner subsequently said 41 41 1 -milt She Was very sorry she had given him so vtit s 4tfteubia, and that the address she had given him It,. t il e one. c)4 helle-itbteo having made a forcible appeal to the jury Th e A' of,, he prisoner, 416 Pri'l4l4t4nt-judge summed up, and the jury found 41 11 , 4°ll er Linilt v Wk i enC •• Bellted to six months' imprisonment. Five ran. ----- HAM. Tilt C s RAMSB°T 44, ASE OP MR • iteli4l: Aanlebotham, surrendered to her wi b t a h il 4 Ihi r eat °barging her in the first cou n t l 27th izth stealing of lace 1 55 c00 d . o lt eaves on the 15th March handkerchiefs on the , ste n a il lin a g n four cambric Al NI, the tof John James Moule. She lest, and in the etuisti ,4,4 proper y The ..,_ Not Guilty" having been klrea4;bl°Ureetancee of this painful manifested on AteAl relight prominently under ca se the notice of the c th e t4 O . Moat intense interest was -etling„. 0 court was crowded ~ il iti, aed th throughout the pro ,ke 1 1 klallltechatiltin aPpeared for the prosec ution, behalf of the l'e and AT p re instructed on priss4ls r. P arr y we The ho e t. and Mr. at Wh ich did oot 00 me on until about half-past on e, into e ut At was conduc ted was hl ° lirt, o .tithe Mrs Itaniebotham Lewis, and placed 4, s rrn of her solicitor, Mr• she was 4e kn0,,,, 111 "°0 dock. Alter her arraignme n t feel her the tri-Z°4tett'with a seat. She remained d sea to ted during Riti o a nd wi t h somewhat feint an k '' Moot d ee 4 r. 11 04. , . Ply. amidst id in a to 1 4, 14 openine• the case to the jury, which be th.-oat fem. -• • manner, aid , ° roost r , of -ing and impressive who '°r the! rr--oend sileu e said—The prosecutor,. business as a dra,., I lit 18 o r 20 c ' carried on bum had im eel. i n 13 , Years had re had . °B ed 1M h 14."'-btrt7ti,, ru. Luntu-isqua , ill " l . r°- hips the • f 1 but imperative duty ,„ orw. rd, 4, pain u . The lad • 4 'a° Prea e t st the pr i s oner. high ,3' in th e d u charge again °aaracter thi ti_tupoesible to ock was the wife of a physician of bring uare ; and It /vEks'i alici erniuence residing in Portman- square s h q out feeling ° t bear the fact in mind wit hout the big Y slieetahie_Pea sYrePathy with hersel f , connected, rel well : "4"s with whom she was how time, ° rer, 4 tl h er own family. At the same (the •hl re learned con.. , litel'o duty devolved upon him must not 42°1) and upou the jury, from which they proved csf"°, tiader the ci which would be . °re th e . reunaatancee, the attention °f th e • t it in evidence. Raving cal led. . net counts io the , 11 '5' to the fact of there being two dist inct ° nidi after. Irartis otteent, the reason of which he s hould on to eve explain to them, the learned counsel we nt he alionhr"ri and !simple outline of the facts, which whom h e pro 811PPort by the testimony of the witnesses proceeded t° eouric)secl to call. The learned counsel then 1,1411% Alfred eh deposed as follows :—I m' ia th °rehouse, who in this case. lt ne e el4PloYinent of the prosecutor to our ~hO D o vr the prisoner. I remember her com ing to 1 001 1 : the 15th March, in the afternoon. a sked She e nd she q° lo ok sortie. muslin, which I showed her , The "e Borne re muslin, as well as a silk han dk erchief. serv.. 1r i!s°;(18 %Me to 4s. 9d. I had occasion whiler for a 4litkut„ t° t urn my back, which was towards he the pri, oh - 4td a-half. On turning round again, I saw alt o -e i r i tt the act of concealing a pair of misled pr od under her shawl. I believi the sleeves appea'°4l to he the same. The edges of the sleeves her, ;ell nuderneath her shawl. I went • " obe ivi ' and stated to liirn ghat oule, the Prosecuto r' s son, I la out to where the pri. fe%had eeen. Ile Caine vr per Mk and I whispered to him that she Aras the tibis 131°414. No part of the sleeves was th en.ann percep ti. • ATI.. Mo 1 • about it, 1 i io Ntv 4 a e did not speak to her been . t mistAken. 4, t to ine that perhaps I might have lc „I,op. i s.id ‘_Va.4 (.In,)rilill.:i .1).-,rinit,1 ti) le.‘" 'ci uoti,4,?thing about this transaction to the p rosecu tor a_,_ 444 1 ;Ile affair of the handkerchiefs. She came 7:" 1144 B°4l ' 4 lz before the -- e Pu;ohases la t•a op • THE SUN, LONDON, .WEDNKSDAYEVENING, APRIL 11. 1855 went on to ridicule the idea that a person of the affluent circumstances in which the prisoner was beyond doubt situated, went to the prosecutor's shop for the mere purpose:of pilfering whatever she could get hold of. He dwelt at some length upon the means which were adopted to tempt, as it were, the unhappy lady —unhappy in the worst possible sense—and suffer- 14 ing, as he should show, from a morbid and die- eased state of mind to the commission of the crime st charged upon her. Coming next to the question of in tent, he put it to the jury whether they could believe the prisoner had taken the articles as alleged, "with i r t, a felonious mind," or whether it would not ap pear to them more probable that she was 31 impelled by a delusion of that involuntary, indescribable kind, which, although it scarcely 27 amounted to actual mania, had yet its origin in a die- 22 eased mental condition. If so, the act, being motiveless 25 and purposeless, was but a feeling, but a simple taking. Hay. St. ing at some length enlarged on this presumption—in sup St, port of which he adduced an acknowledged fact in medi- 10 cal experience, showing that women, at some periods - in 50 their lives, were affected by a species of insanity, which 50 rendered them irresponsible for their actions, and 20 which not only betrayed them into the gratification by V ) unlawful means of their cupidity, but not unfrequently led them to the commission of deeds of a much 2 5 more serious type the learned counsel applied 25 his observations on this point as explanatory of the prisoner's otherwise unaccountable conduct. lie 20 concluded an energetic address by referring to the large St number of witnesses to the prisoner's character whom St. he was prepared to bring forward. 25 The following witnesses were then Called by Mr. bt St, Parry as to the character of the prisoner : 10 Mr. S. Thompson, grocer, who had known the pri- I St soner since 1823. No one who came to their shop was 50 more respected, or was more scrupulous and regular in 20 'her account.. St. Mr. J. Quartermain, upholsterer ; Mr. A. F. Wace, St. butcher ; Mr. W. Nicholson, silversmith ; Mr. L. Et : Groves, butcher; and Mr. T. Boot, grocer and wine St. merchant, all of which were tradesmen with whom the St. prisoner was in the habit of dealing, also spoke highly of Bt. her in all respects. 12 Dr. John Russell, the rector of Bishopsgate, said he 60 had known her for a number of years, and no one of his parishioners had been more exemplary in all her relations St. ' in life. 3 Dr. Tweedie, and the Rev. H. Brown, rector of Wool- 20 with, and Mr. Lewis, her solicitor, also gave the lady St. the highest character. St. Several ladies having also spoke to the unexception- 20 12i able reputation of the prisoner, 0 The learned Judge proceeded to sum up the evidence, St confining himself chiefly to directing them on the ques 600. - tion of tho prisoner's intent, and left it to them 25 to say, in the exercise of their common sense, as 25 men of the world, and under the obligation of their oath, St. whether or not they conscientiously believed that the 2E ' f, prisoner was impelled by such motives as had been al- St. luded to by the learned counsel. St. The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, expressed , 25 a wish to retire. 100 After being absent for an hour and a-half, and it being six o'clock, the learned judge sent for the jury and in quired whether there was any probability of their soon agreeing to a verdict. The Foreman said he was afraid not. The learned Sergeant thereupon said he would ad j burn the court until half-past seven o'clock, which would afford them an opportunity of coming to some conclu sion, and if they were not then agreed he would see what else could be done. The jury again retired, in order to consider whether they were desirous of consulting the Court upon any point, but after the lapse of a few minutes, The learned Serjeant adjourned the court nominally during pleasure, but virtually until the hour above named. The procaeding3 of the trial extended over a period of three hours. 20 20 10 10 CRIMINAL COURT.-(TBIS DAY.) I OLD COURT. Anscot Eliot, 31, a well-dressed man, was indicted for stealing a post letter containing a 201. Bank of England note, and other securities to the amount of 1621. as., the property of the Postmaster-General. ' Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecu• tion ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Sleigh. It appeared that the prisoner was a letter-sorter a the General Post-office, and that he was also engaged as a letter-carrier. On the 4th of March, a letter was transmitted from Manchester, by the agent of Messrs. Southby and Co., of Parker-street, Lincoln's inn -fields, to that firm, which contained a 201. note, a 51. note, and soars bills of exchange. The letter never came to hand, and nothing was heard of it or its contents until the 14th of the same month, when the 201. note was piid into the Bank of England, and on its being stopped and measures taken to trace it, it was discovered that it had came originally from a person named Eady, who said he had received it from a person with whom be had been in the habit of betting upon horse races, and whom he only knew by the initials of C. 8., but who, he said, he understood was a letter carrier in the General Post-office. This person was taken to the Post-office, and he at once recognised the prisoner as the person from whom he had received the note. Upon his being questioned he admitted that he had given the note to Eady, and he accounted for the possession of it by saying that, as he was walking along the Strand, between Holywell-street and Temple-bar, he picked up a piece of paper, which contained the note'in question and another for Si. He was asked whether there was any writing upon the paper, and he said there was nothing upon it but the words, "With Mr. Murd ing's compliments." It appeared that he bad lost eight sovereigns, and received twelve sovereigns from Eady in exchange for the 201. note. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to six years' penal servitude. NEW COURT. St. St. St. 50 St. St. 25 rzo• 20 20 20 20 100 Charles Chrisiian Moller, 37, clerk, was indicted for stealing several sums, amounting in the whole to 3,0001. , 20 the property of George Gibson Nichols, and others, his 10Q masters. Mr. Bodkin prosecuted. 10'0 The prisoner pleaded guilty. 1.00 The prisoner nad been occupied, in collecting money 100 from the various bankers, and had, after receiving all the 20} money in question upon one day, and changing them into 100 a foreign notes, absconded to Dover, where he was cap- 20 f 1 tured, and the whole of the money recovered with the exception of the expenses of the change, and some trifle which the prisoner had spent. The Recorder asked what was the prisoner's salary I Mr. Bodkin said thirty shillings a-week. The Recorder said he should take time to consider the sentence. 20 I 1 20 20 20 THIRD COURT. George Bolin, 34, accountant, was indicted for stealing jewellery from Charles Greenwood, Richard Willis, and Alexander Paton, amounting in value in the whole to between 4001. and 5001. The prisoner pleaded', guilty to the six indictments preferred against him. Mr. Bodkin prosecuted; and Mr. Ballantine defended. The prosecutors were in each instance jewellers and dealers in fancy goods, and prisoner had acted as agen to them. The goods had been entrusted to him for sale, and he had pawned from time to time the gads en trusted to him, and entered the goods to the credit of the customers dealing with them. Sentence was postponed. 20 20 6 20 20 50 50 10r) 100 20 50 20 25 25 I I 25 S.ll ARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILVAYS. Pjd. 44iLwAts. (rotting T?rices this day. 100 Aberdeen.. 8, Aitibg. Nottng. Bost and Eaetn. Janet , all B3lc u st & R a ll ymena. 1 all Birming. Wolverh. 4 Stour Valley 293 arkenhd. Lanesb. di Cheshire Junct All Do. 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Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond. 18 Englibh Scottish and Australian Chart.... all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 5 Ditto New 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. 8,; Westminster 35 National Provincie, of England 10 Do. Now 22i National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New BAITRB. 80 83 '''. •• • rd i -ci '''. ••• ''...' ••• ••• 3 —2O 20 21 d iP .. ••• .." ••• 1 Royal Allstriln."Fikf , (%:.„ :ouch Australia ►ll Union of Australia 2i Do. Now LO Union of .""" .• """' . ••• ,-- •.. 33 - 35 - 41 ... ... """m •1111 •• • - 37 39 66 68 7i - on —0 89i 61i 1 60 z d 89 72i 123/ 99i 9 99 i i i i 83i 21 3 244 4 12 481 1 9 la 12k 643 i 11 28 17 1 a a a 39 67} 7 i 264 LITERATUEE. The Quicksands of Fashion. By Mrs. Martin Lucas. 3 vols. Newby. This work may certainly lay claim to some ori - i givality of plot and a great variety of incident. It is somewhat in the old-fashioned style of inter cepted letters, deep-laid plots, and attempted mur der. The story is very complicated ; but its chief object would appear to be to show the evils result ing from a love of gamblin g . The effects of this absorbing p ass i on i n the Bonville family are ter rible. The innocent suffer with the guilty ; and the fair heroine, Cordelia, is involved in great mis fortunes and misery, owing to . the deceit and treachery which had their rise in a love of gambling. In the Champerdowne family its effects are not less fatal ; and in the story of the heroine's aunt, Cla rissa Bonville, fearful calamities result from it. Cordelia herself, though a gentle and pleasing character, brings all her misfortunes upon herself by her foolish confidence in her unprincipled brother, and her weakness in yielding to his wishes as to her marriage. The Lady Gwendoline, her evil genius, is a somewhat exaggerated portrait. The story is n e t very probable ;but the readers to whom the excitement of suspense is agreeable will find it exactly calculated for them ; for it is impos sible in the middle of the second volume to form a guess at the conclusion. There is no paucity of characters or incidents ; indeed they are somewhat crowded. The writer, appearing fearful of dwelling too long on any point, hurries the reader through quite a perplexing gallery of portraits and narrative of events. Thus the astonishing fact of Cordelia's unexpected marriage is related to us in one or two pages, leaving the admirers of the rival hero in dismay. Cordelia, after many years of suffering and temporary loss of reason, at length triumphs over all the slander and jealousy which had wrought her so much sor row, and is repaid for her many trials by peace and happiness. It is scarcely fair to entitle the work " The Quicksands of Fashion," for the vices here shown forth are less the crimes of society than of individuals. Such persons as Ralph Bonville, Lionel Champerdowne, and Sir John Morton must in any station have been a disgrace to themselves and a source of misery to others ; while if Cordelia had exercised her own judgment and sense of right and wrong, instead of placing dependence on the words of those whom there was every reason to doubt, she might have safely traversed more dan gerous paths without being engulphed in the " quicksands" which threatened to overwhelm her. One point we must object to. We were in hopes that the plan of murdering inconvenient husbands and wives was going out of fashion ; and though the virtues and patience of Cordelia deserve a re ward, still the invention of the authoress might have devised some other method. Those who look for high moral aims and skilful delineation of cha racter may not find those volumes equal their ex pectations, but to the ordinary novel reader they will no doubt afford amusement and excitement of a varid kind. Married Women. By the author of "Broomhill." 3 vols. Newby. This is a pleasing tale of domestic life, written with much feeling and ability. In the author's previous work she traced the varying fortunes of two sisters, and the heroines of these volumes are also sisters. There is a great variety of characters introduced, and no paucity of events, but they are all simple and natural, without any extravagance of incident or style. Diana Gresham, the chief character, immediately excites the reader's interest from her high principle and unselfishness of dispo sition. Mildred is also very attractive, though far inferior to her sister in intellect ; her warm heart and affectionate nature are quite sufficient to gain her many friends. She is one or the principal " married women" whom the book portrays. Her husband is much older than herself, of an irritable temper, and somewhat neglectful of his wife, who, however, regards him with the most perfect devo tion. Her difficulties and perplexities arising from her youth and inexperience, and Captain Glenny's neglect, are, however, brought to a speedy close. Before she is nineteen, Captain Glenny is struck by paralysis, and becomes an invalid for life—so poor little Milly is transformed into a careful nurse ; and wo are left to hope that Captain Glenny's disposition may improve by suffering, which, however, does not seem very probable. We cannot sympathise with Milly in her romantic affection, as her husband from the first displays very little feeling, and is not a very attractive per son. Her elder sister Diana is engaged to her cousin Lionel with the conditional consent of their parents. He goes abroad to travel for two years. At the end of that time information is received by his asto nished family that he is married to a lady he met at Paris. Indignation and surprise are felt on all sides ; but Diana bears her trial nobly, and is re warded by the attainment of peace of mind. Her feelings are or course deeply wounded, for her af fection for her cousin was sincere; but after several years and events she at length meets with a Mr. Mohun, to whom she is at the close of the story united. Her cousin is not so fortunate. After his marriage it appeared he was not so greatly to blame as all had at first thought, but bad acted from a mistaken sense of honour; and, misled by wily and unprincipled acquaintances, he imagined it his duty to marry one whom he regarded with profound in difference, and hose bad qualities did not appear till too late. His melancholifate excites the read er's interest, for he certainly was the greatest suf ferer from his mistaken conduct. A number of minor characters appear and sustain the interest of the story, though those already alluded to are the chief performers. Florence, the wife of Lionel, is a most unpleasing person, aid forms a strong con trast to the other married women, who are all pleasing and feminine sketches. The story is in teresting and the style agreeable, and the reader will derive both pleasure and profit from its perusal. The Westminster Review. April, 1855. John Chapman. The number opens with " Memoirs of the Court of Austria," a very interesting and amusing ar ticle. These commence with the reign of the gay and eccentric Maximilian, elected Emperor of Ger many, in 1493, and are brought down to the abdi cation of Ferdinand I. in 1848. A review of " Dryden and his Times" follows--a paper of high literary merit, deserving, indeed, of publication in a separate form. The life and times of glorious John have perhaps never been more skilfully por trayed. Of the same class is a review of " Victor Hugo and his Writings," a showy pleasing paper, but by no means equal to the former. The re maining articles are of a political character. Chief among these is " Our Army, its Condition, and its Wants," an able and elaborate paper on a sub ject possessing a strong and immediate public in terest. Of the civil administration of the army, it is remarked, "never were a bankrupt's accounts in such disorder." With .respect to its military ad ministration, the author, whil e p o i n ti ng out cer tain of its defects, asserts that there never was a greater mistake than the notion that commissions were (with the exception of the Guards) the property of the aristocracy. The system actually is said to be one of nepotism and backstairs in fluence. " Old Square -toes of the Service," we are told, beats the " Duke of Rottenborough" at getting commissions ! He has known the Military Secretary forty years, and on his last semmand took his official friend's son as aid-de-camp. The writer, however, admits that it will not pay the middle classes to take up the army as a profession. An important admission. The buying and selling of commissions, to a certain extent, meet with his approval. Finally, after a caution against hasty measures of reform, he suggests, as a transition measure, that one-third of the commissions should be the reward of merit, that both officers and men -should be better paid, and that the commission of every man who dies in the service should be sold for the benefit of his family. "Lord Palmerston as Premier," forms the subject of an article by no means wanting in gleams of political shrewdness and good sense. The writer simply believes of Lord Palmerston that he is the man to make a good peace, and then give up the ghost as Premier. In other respects, his faith in his lordship is nil. Besides the above, there is an article on the " Re organisation of the Court Service ;" and another on the "Administrative Example of the United States" —the latter in a section of the review open for the first time to independent writers, i.e., writers whose views agree with the general purposes of the review, but differ on special points from those of the editor's. A larger space than usual is de voted to " Contemporary Literature." . The Church and its Episcopal Corruption in Wales : An Appeal to the People of England, by the Rev. W. Morgan. Robert Hardwicke. This most audacious of parsons wants Zngland to " relieve" --that .is positively the word—the Church in Wales of her bishops !--calls them flirt; mery bishops !—talks of "sanctified raPin' c ' gl ted, of at the possibility, if the appeal is neglected, way to Wales teaching the English democtraiecYwhole tells, deal with State bishops—and on the For if ever we are inclined to think, the t rut h!_ .people there wasand the State to be had reason to coinpiaitirna_es. Only think of four an- episcopal ?tidy-o which the ashamed, it is that e 'n er l age l s, four palaces, Slid in bishops with. four p comes uS amount of patronage— h an enormo together with little short of twenty thousand por annum, uL,ble .y.ery man of. them, a short tune aPo to language of their flocks; utterly ignorant of what ex in And out of these o s el" And " oalTeition" W • ail . e af clergy in fo a u n r 2 t n w t o h e utt e the TYWO g - - - were IA March. I was in the shop when the handkerchiefs were missed, but did not see anything of the matter. Cross-examined—The prisoner was known in the shop, but I was unacquainted with her. It was under- stood that she was the wife of a medical gentleman in Portman-square. Mr. John Harvey Motile was next called. He said —I am the sen of the prosecutor. I remember the 15th March last My father was fronr home ; and in consequence of a communication made to me by the last witnes , Rl went to that part of the shop where the prisoner was sitting. I noticed that she had her left arm closely pressed against her side. I did not see that she had anything under it. Accordingly, believing that our shopman had been mis_ taken, I desired that no notice might be taken of what he had said. There were some sleeves of the kind pro duced on the counter when the prisoner was in. After she had left I counted them and miss=ed one pair. They were of the same pattern as the pair before me. Mr. James Watkins, assistant in the shop of the pro , secutor, said—l have seen the prisoner several times but I did not know her on the day I servel her. On the 27th March last she came into the shop and asked for some lining. She selected one piece, and bad six yards cut off it. It came to 2s. 3.1. I asked her whether she required anything else, and she replied that she did not. When I asked her that, the lining ems on a recess at the back of the counter. I, however, offered her a box of handkerchiefs for her inspection. They were cambric, and of a thin texture, at 153. the half-dozen. She said she did not want any, and if she did they were not the sort she should choose. Some other handker chiefs of a different quality were afterwards handed to me from the other side of the shop, and I showed her some of them. She said those were the description she should purchase, but she did not want any just then. I produce four of those handkerchiefs, which are all in one piece. She took hold of the handkerchiefs of which she approved and examined them. She asked me to be kind enough to show her a dress of a. particular kind. She said she merely wanted to look at it, but it was not her intention to purchase. I had to go to the other end of the shop to fetch it, and she examined it. I afterwards made her out a bill for the lining, which came to 2s. 3d., which she paid, and de siring that the article might be sent to No. 7, Portman square, she quitted the shop. I can swear to the hand kerchiefs produced. Cross-examined—The prisoner did not ask for the handkerchiefs to be shown to her. I " introduced" them to her, with the idea that she might perhaps take a fancy t• some of them. I did not know that she was the lady who I bad heard had taken some sleeves. I did not know her. I believe it was Mr. John Moule who passed mo the handkerchiefs across the shop. I cannot say whether he heard my conversation with the prisoner. Mr. John Moule was here re-called, and stated that he overheard the whole of the conversation between the last witness and the prisoner ; but he did not know who she was until afterwards. When he handed the handkerchiefs across the shop he did not recognise her. He had no other object in handing the articles to the last witness beyond the probability of effecting a sale. I eaw the prisoner put the handkerchiefs in her pocket. Cross-examined—l did not know that the witness Welsh was watching the prisoner. I was about a yard and a halt her when I saw her pocket the handker chiefs. I said nothing to her, because some one had gone to call my father. I did not take any notice, be cause I wished to see if anything further would occur. The prisoner was Standing at the counter, and I was in the middle of the shop. Samuel Welsh said —I am in the employ of the prose cutor. 1 remember the prisoner coming to the shop on the 27th March. She went to the counter which we call the "linen counter," and which is on the left hand side as you enter. I saw her come in, and knew her. I had bad a communication from Churchouse as to what took place on a previous occasion. I was standing be tween 10 and 12 yards from the prisoner, and could command a view of her actions. There was no other customer in the shop at the time. I saw the prisoner put her hand forward and take the handkerchiefs. They were lying in the basket before her, and she took them and put them in her pocket. I immediately went and informed Mr. Monte, senr. He did not come out. The prisoner soon afterwards left the shop. In consequence of some directions I received from Mr. Moule I followed her and saw her go into a stationer's shop. I waited till she came out, when I said to her " I believe you were at Mr. Moule's shop this morning." She replied, " I have not ;" but she immediately said "Oh ! yes, I have." I then asked her if she would be kind enough to step back, as Mr. Moule wished to speak with her ; which she did without hesitation. It is some little distance from the stationer's shop to our shop. 1 said nothing further to her ; but addressing me, she said, "I have got the handkerchiefs in my pocket." I did not make any reply, on which she said, "I did not intend to steal them," and added, "I took them to show some person (witness believed she said her sister), and if they had been approved of I should have called and paid for them, and if not I should have brought them back." Immediately on this statement, I said "I do not think that is probable, for I believe you took some sleeves a fortnight ago," to which she made some reply which I could not understand. We both then arrived at Mr. Moule's shop. I showed her up stairs, and Mr. Motile followed. She immediately took the handkerchiefs out of her pocket, and laid them on the table. She said—" These are the handkerchiefs, but I hope [you will look over it, Mr. Moule." Mr. Moule observed that it was a very serious matter, and he scarcely knew how to deal with it. He added, " You have been in the habit of frequently coming to the shop, and we really do not know what you have taken." She said that was the first thing she had taken. Mr. Moule then remarked that he be lieved she took some sleeves a short time ago, to which she said, " Yes, handkerchiefs and ' the sleeves are the only things I have ever taken ; I hope you will forgive me." She then said she hoped Mr. Motile would consider her family, and the disgrace it would bring on Dr. Rainsbotham. She also asked that her husband might be sent for if Mr. Moule would not forgive her. Cross-examined—l do not recollect Mr. Moule saying the only thing he could do was to send for an officer. I was not watching the prisoner particularly when I saw her take the handkerchiefs. We notice the movements of all our customers when they are left at the counter unattended to. When I first saw her, I said to Mr. Motile, jun., "Here is Mrs. Rainsbothain coming in." Re-examined—l knew she had been suspected of steal ing some sleeves, but nevertheless I did not watch her more closely than I should have done in the case of any other person. Police constable Beckett, 231 D, said—l was called into the prosecutor's house on the 27th March, and the prisoner was given into my custody on the charge of stealing the handkerchiefs produced. I heard her ask Mr. Motile to forgive her, but Mr. Monte said he had no other alternative. She asked him a second time, but he said he could not look over it. She then turned away and said, "You may do as you like," in a very indig nant manner. I put her in a cab, and we called on Dr. Ramsbotham as we went towards the station. Mr. H. Bonser, clerk to Messrs. Ashurat, the solici tors for the prosecution, was the last witness called, but he was not examined. This closed the case on behalf of the prosecution. .Mr. Ballantine then proceeded, very pathetically, to address the jury for the defence. He said no doubt the jury, long before they came into that box, were well acquainted with the details of that painful case. Now, he was not one of those who would put forward the po sition of the prisoner as a ground why the jury should in the slightest degree swerve from the strict letter of their duty ; hut, nevertheless, be could not but ask them to bear in mind also, that if an adverse verdict were given against his client, her hopes would be crushed, and her peace of mind be destroyed for the remainder of her life by the knowledge that she had been the means of bringing so much affliction and degradation on a family to whom she had always hitherto been endeared as a faithful wife and an affec tionate parent—whilst the future prospects of her hus band, who was a gentleman, not by the mere accident of birth or fortune, but who they all knew to be a gen tlemen of indefatigable industry and eminent talent, as well as those of their clildren, would be irretrievably blighted were the lady to be branded as a convicted felon. The learned counsel then proceeded to the considera tion of the circumstances as proved on behalf of the pro secution. lie complained that whatever might have been the motives which had actuated the prosecution, the prisoner had scarcely been fairly dealt with in that matter. He also complained that the handkerchiefs which were alleged to have been feloniously taken by the prisoner wereactually forced upon her notice—even when it was well understood amongst the assistants in the shop that she had been suspected on a preceding occa sion ; and this being so, she, impelled by feelings over which she could have no control, and to which he would more fully advert presently, fell into the trap, and took possession of them. Having maintained that the duty of Mr. Motile, when he was spoken to t theft, was at least 7 =n rc" , : ;1,1. to. have represented the matter to Dr. Ramsbti thara with a view to some proper restraint being placed the Kticio of the Finger, the 104%904 00,44.0 CAVAN ELECTION. (By Electric Telegraph.) DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY, 7 A.M. The state of the first day's poll, at the close, was— Burrowes 743 Hughes Majority The accounts are confused and unreliable. CAMP POULTRY.—A letter of the 23d ultimo from Inkerman, written by a French soldier, and containing ' an account of the sharp engagement during the night, hag this characteristic postscript :—" P.S. Good news, which I beg you not to laugh at ; my hen, which I bought the, other day, has laid two eggs ; they are for Captain F., who has a wheezing cough. A hen is a most precious treasure out here ; hen's eggs fetch a franc - a piece, and hardly any to be had even for that. I take my leave of you with the offering of seven or eight violets, that I have just gathered for your sake, and which I enclose in this letter. In consequence of the height of the waters in the streams which falls in the Seine, immense fleets of wood have been recently brought down the river. Those which are now arriving are for the most part composed of fir trees, many of them 100 feet in length, and which are used for making the immense scaffoldings for the buildings in the capital, and for the decorations of the nations, fetes. Almost all these firs are cut on the top of the Alps, near Setkaffii.msen, from whence they are brought to the Rhine by a canal, °obstructed on purpose withia the last few years.• From the Rhine they are brought on rafts by the dqfereht ospirs and rivers until a *el r o6 2b 4.0 e? - it is not—st rong Welsh! Really, were this &I—and language under such circumstances may not only be excused, but se€ms to be absolutely called for. Summer Tours in Central gmrope, 1853-4. By John Barrow, Esq. W. H. Dalton. At the present time, when tourists are busy making up their minds what route to select for their annual excursion, the appearance of a work of this sort is quite opportune. Already favour ably known as an intelligent and observant traveller by his " Tour on the Continent by Rail and Road," the author fully sustains his reputation, and pre sents us with a valuable handbook for travellers in Bavaria, Austrian Tyrol, North Italy, Savoy, Piedmont, .kc., with a map of Central Europe. Ample information is given respecting prelimi naries ; and, once started on the journey, the reader feels he is fallowing a judicious and trust worthy guide. This is high praise ; and when we add the book is cheap and portable, we are quite sure tourists will hasten to purchase it. In an Appendix an outline is given of a Summer Tour in S witzerland, 1851. Thorn's Irish Almanac and Official Directory, with the Post-Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the Year 1855. Dublin : Alexander Thom and Sons. An astonishingly cheap and valuable work, con taining au immense amount of information, com piled with judgment, and arranged with praise worthy care and skill. It comprises fifteen Direc tories—viz., a British, a Parliamentary, a Peerage and Baronetage, a Naval and Military, a Colonial, a Statistical, an Irish Peerage, a Government Offices, University, &c., an Ecclesiastical, a Law, a Banking, a Postal and Conveyance, a County and Borough, and a Post-Office Dublin City and County Directory, with other useful information. The statistics of Ireland possess a more than Irish inte rest, indeed a large proportion of the Directory does so ; and the work, we feel convinced, will command, as it deserves, a large and remunerating sale. A Journov through f 7 o Mvitod Mato., aiva Part of Canada. By the Rev. Robert Everest, late Chaplain to the East India Company. John Chapman. The work of an observant but very prejudiced tourist, who paints everything, with a few excep tions, in America couleur de rose. In his opinion there is nothing like a republic, and nothing equal to the republic of the United States. Fennimore Cooperish—if we may be allowed the term—as he is in the expression of his political views, he cannot away with American slavery, and disapproves of American repudiation and literary piracy. Not withstanding all defects, however, the book is lively and readable, and, when one is disposed to be angry, some bit of naivete anent the fair sex in America soothes us into good humour. The American ladies don't please Mr. Everest. Speech delivered by the Right Son. Sir John Pakington, Bart., M.P. Thomas Hatehard. A speech to be read and pondered over. The Purchase System and the stag: By an Of6.cer, James Ridgway. A summary exposure of the system, with prac tical suggestions. The Encroachments of Russia. T. W. Graham. A cheap and valuable history of the territorial encroachments of Russia, since the time of Peter the Great, with much useful information respect ing that country, and her insidious and lying diplomacy. Anglo-Russians would do well to read it. English, French, Turkish and Russian Vocabulary, Franz Thomm. Intended for the use of the army, navy, and travellers, and likely to be of service to members of these classes at the present time. Australia a Mistake. Edward Standford. The author, a retired officer, late a resident in New Brunswick, endeavours, and not altogether unsuccessfully, to show that the latter colony is the colony for the emigrant. What shall I do with my Money ? _By S. T. Harvey. Washbourne a nd Co. The sixth edition of a valuable little work, giving a concise and well-digested account of the different securities in this country for investment. Small capitalists especially should buy it. Boze Zbatve Polkse. The second part of Krasinki's History of Poland, a history which English readers will do well to study. Ballad of the Battle of the Alma. By Alfred B Richards. A third edition of this spirit-stirring, graphically descriptive, and patriotic ballad. Suggestions by John Tidd Pratt, Esq., for the Establishment of Friendly Societies, with Tables, the. The eminent position and well-proved ability of Mr. Pratt, as Registrar of Friendly Societies in England, renders any recommendation of this pamphlet unnecessary, while a summary of its con tents would be an injustice to the inquiring reader. The pamphlet itself should be purchased and read. Is the War Just F W. H. Dalton. A Letter—a last desperate appeal, in iact—to Lord Palmerston, by some well-meaning but over credulous gentleman, who thinks, on the whole, it is not. We are disposed to respect the author, whoever he may be, but he must excuse us if we are at this time of day a little curt in our notice of such an appeal. Assault of Sebastopol. Messrs. Chapman and Hall have published under one cover two large and well-executed Typographi cal and Panoramic Sketches (by Captain M. A. Biddulph, R.A., acting as assistant engineer in the trenches) representing the advanced lines of attack, and the Russian defences in front of Sebastopol, with descriptive and explanatory remarks—the whole giving a clear as well as a correct notion of the present state of the siege at a cost of the least possible trouble. London Price List of British Mines. Under this title Messrs. Benjamin Lambert and James B. Brenchly, share-dealers, Threadneedle street and Old Broad-street, have arranged to issue a list every Wednesday, containing the latest and most accurate information respecting British mines. Judging from the impression before us, the list is likely to be regarded as a valuable boon by specu lators and shareholders. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. As soon as the Duke of Wellington arrived at Spit head on Sunday morning a steam-tug went alongside with the dockyard workmen, and her repairs were com menced immediately. In the afternoon she sent her foreyard on shore, and next morning a lighter brought her broken bower anchor to the dockyard. The work men are employed upon her eight and day, but it will be eight or ten days before she will be again ready for sea. The master of the George Hurlbut (the ship which ran into the Duke) takes all the blame upon his own vessel. He says he had just gone below when the ships closed with each other so rapidly that the man at the helm be came confused with the number of lights shown by the fleet, and put his helm a-starboard, and so caused the accident. The emigrants have been allowed to live on board the Dryadpiulk while the ship is repaired, which is being done by a private builder. The St. George, Calcutta, and Powerful were to leave Spithead yesterday for Dover, to salute the Emperor of the French as he passes. After remaining a few days at Windsor, it is expected he will visit Portsmouth and review the ships , left at Spithead. The Bellerophon, 80, Captain Lord G. Paulet, is being stripped by parties of men from different ships, while her own crew have been granted 15 days' leave. ARRIVAL OF THE DTJNBAR. The transport Dunbar, Mr. Charles Scott, master, Lieut. Richard Hoops, R.N., Admiralty agent, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, 78 days from Consr tinople, with sick and wounded invalids from the ;Ft: Gib war. She left Corfu on the 15th of February, d Mrs. r b a o l u ta n r ct on Athtetret!ilaotftelkripairacch; hwaevrienghlnin , and hAsgrtßilleNry.); l Mrs. la an -American 'OlOOP -et - - home Vengeance and Hee I a" D lyarthas brought ii the transport Payla. he' el? , the 34th.Reirurte t " , -in c ar b e of . l ag t aa yls h wind-ipi t o , Mrs Ap d er i gr i, - 48t11 Regiment • invalids ; Quartermaster ,, J , _ „_, ~ ) • Medical- ,Charge tieorge .ralatiano, Lieut. Lieutenant-fJ.,l4,l3acua Itoyal Artillery;h, Civil Surgeon in Ander . - c Ed hihl v r a e r: (R G e r yst iffl i t d three children (34th Regiment) ; Mrs. M. .Rowan an 1%-31,.1 Buchanan ; I, an C Commander a f7 ,:l u e r r A. Reay and two children (34th Regiment) ; M rs. combo, four children (57th) ; Mrs. Grace, ditto . Bat. Walkor and four children (71st) ; Quarterm son's three childreh (48th) ; invalided troops,"er women, 151 ; children, 266. Invalided l4B ; jesty's ship Modesto at Corfu 2 able from her Ma- 1 fuom the steam transport liabiana, No.seamen, 1 stoker servant born on the passage, ii l6O, and 1 civil 34th Regiment., lof the 71,1 ; died, 1 man of the 12 children. She vas ordered , 1 woman of the 34th, and as ordered by electric terday afternoon to - j gallant freight. She proceed to Chatham to laud h ' her but up to 6 o'cl I anchored at 8a m off Por ts mou th,l oc c. at night . . what ever, we are assured b no military authority off to her from the a competent authority, had been Breton, who has ass department under Major-General ...., ,,„_1 , u asserted that "as soon asa vessel is dot ° riteo4 Odell - . P !14 (1 bilhi,c4 ki_bletty (Asktant- .... .____. • 1 2 1 2 . 1 .2 .3 IN E WSP_ARER ,I ° - -- it Quartermaster-General) go off to 1 ::;* _4l • n.• —I the neces 'ary arrangements for land 41 --44 ...i,. ...,- 'k,- i•-\ -4_ DETENTION OF THE\VRAIAke The General Screw Company's steam-fehip,Ar - Hyde, which was to leave Southampton yeaerdaykor lug to embark troops and horses at Portsmouth, in obe die nce to further commands, has been detained at that port until to-day, fresh instructions having been for warded for the embarkation to take place at Southamp-* ton, instead of Portsmouth. These instructions notified that about 300 men and 194 horses would be despatched from Woolwich for immediate embarcation, and every preparation was immediately made to receive them so as About 12 o' c l oc k a s h ort train ar to prevent delay, rived conveying a.portion of the sth eompany of the 4th battalion of Royal Artillery, under the command of Capt. Millman, all of whom were marched on board. Great anxiety was exhibited in reference to the horses, and up to 6 o'clock no arrivals had taken place. A telegraphic message, however, was received that the first compl e ment would be forwarded from Woolwich by an after noouonthatrmaipnt,on by a and the train remain Nhich could not possiblyiln, g portion wou ld reach Southampton arrive until midnight. Under such circumstances (the known impossibility of getting the horses on board in the dark being apparent to every one ), they were placed in a large shed for the night. The Argo h as b een th oroug hly fitted for the convey. ance of cavalry. Her maindeck has been entirely cleared of the officers' cabins, and accommodation for 58 horses erected on each side of the vessel. Od the lower deck the whole of the passenger cabins have been re moved, and stalls erected capable of housing 158 horses. The two orlop decks have been fitted for the reception Of troops, that portion of the vessel being capable of con veying at least 300 men. There are on beard 200 trusses of hay, weighing 2 cwt. 10 lb. each, 20 tons of oats, and 10 tons of bran, as fodder for the horses.. The fittings of the Argo are very heavy, and the quantity of material used considerably beyond that which has been fitted on board other cavalry transport-ships. Th- _..te new steam-transport Alma, Captain Evanr, Gill embark this day at Portsmouth the following troops for the Crimea :—five officers and 421 men of the Grenadier Guards ; 5 officers and 307 men of the Coldstream Guards ; 5 officers and 309 men of the Scots Fusilier Guards, 4 officers of the Rifle Brigade, 3 officers and 74 men of the 71st Regiment,. 2 staff surgeons, 1 officer of the 4th, 1 of the 20th, 1 of the 21st, and 1 of the 57th, and 11 horses. She completed coaling l as t n i g ht . The Great _brawn s tea m -transport, captazo Oa ny, will be ready to embark her troops tomorrow at Portsmouth and convey them to Corfu. MILITARY. Squadrons, consisting of the two senior captains and four subalterns, and 160 all ranks, from the following regiments, will embark shortly for the Crimea :—The Ist, 2d, 3d, 6th, and 7th Dragoon Guards; and the 3d, 7th, 15th, and 16th Dragoons. There is no truth what ever in the rumour that the 18th Hussars are to embark as a regiment for the seat of war. Our cavalry . , force in the Crimea, by the 10th of next month, will be 6,500 sabres. Yesterday orders were forwarded from the Horse Guards to the commanding officers of the Household Infantry, quartered in Wellington, St. George's, and Portman-street barracks, and the Tower, to have the detachments for foreign service under arms this morning at 7 o'clock, for the purpose of being inspected previous to their departure, which will take place at 8 o'clock. The three detachments, numbering nearly 1,100 strong, will proceed by special train to Southampton, at which port they will embark. Yesterday a detachment of the 94th Regiment of Foot arrived in the Tower from Windsor, to relieve the detachment o f th e G rena di er Guards about to embark for the seat of war. In addition to the detachment of the 94th, which of itself is insufficient to furnish the several guards of the fortress and that of the Royal Mint, several small detachments from the various depot companies forming the provisional battalions are ere pected to arrive this day to make up the required num ber of bayonets. The 3d Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, under the su perintendence of its commanding officer, Lieut.-Colonel Bradford, is being rapidly organised, and little doubt is entertained that this fine body of men will soon be ready for war service. Yesterday the officers and medical staff attached to the Household Brigade and the recruiting depa rtment: engaged in insp e cti ng one o f th e largest bodies (173 , in number) of volunteers and recruits that has . been at tested in the metrop o li s i n an y one d a y since the com mencement of the war. The volunteers, who arrived on Monday and yesterday, are principally from the 3d and 4th Lancashire, Ist and 2d Lanark, Ist Surrey, Antrim and Antrim Rifles, sth Elthorne, Middlesex, East York shire, and 2d Warwickshire Regiments of Militia, and the corps for which they are attested are the Ist (Royal. Regiment), 3d (Buffs), 7th (Royal British Fusiliers), 18th. (Royal Irish), 21st (North British Fusiliers), 42d (Royal . Highlanders), 68th (Durham Light Infantry), 71st, (Highland ditto), 88th (Connaught Rangers), 90th. (Perthshire Light Infantry), and ,93d (Highlanders). About 30 for the Grenadier, Coldstream, and Scots Fusi lier Guards were examined and attested at the Orderly room, Horse Guards. Upwards of 40 volunteers from militia regiments for the Royal Artillery passed through, the metropolis for the head-quarters, Woolwich. HOSPITALS AT PORTSMOUTH. The Government is about to provide hospital accora rnntio iinn far thla ninle nn 4rixola- a°— turn from the seat of war, by converting ships of war to that purpose, several of which are to be established at Portsmouth. The barrack at Chichester, which is being converted into a temporary hospital for the sick and woundesi from the war, is approaching completion, and was taken , military charge of on Monday by a detachment of the , South Lincoln Militia. It may now be said to be ready for occupation by invalids, as the purveyor has opened with the following "stock ;"—Port wine, 400 dozen ; brandy, 50 dozen ;, stout, 200 dozen; vinegar, 18 gal lons ; Scotch barley, 5 ,0001 b. ; sugar, 6,0001 b. ; tea, I,ooolb. ; arrowroot, 1,000/b. ;. ripe, 10owt. ; flesh soap, &mt. ; washing ditto, sowt. ; soft ditto, sowt. ; oat meal, I,ooolb. ; and sago, 500th. ADMISSION OF OFFICERS INTO THE ROYAL NAVY FROM THE MERCANTILE MARINE. The following further notice relative to the admission of officers into the Royal Navy from the mercantile ma. rine has been issued by the Admiralty : " Admiralty, March 26, 1855. " With reference to the circular order of the 14th March, 1855, inviting officers from the mercantile marine to offer themselves for the appointment of acting second master in the royal navy, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are pleased to direct that such candidates as do not possess the full qualifications prescribed by Admiralty Circular, No. 58, of 17th November, 1849, published in the Quarterly Navy List, shall undergo a preliminary ex amination before the hydrographer of the Admiralty and, two masters, previous to receiving an acting appointment, such preliminary examination to be subject to the final examination that would be required before confirmation to the rank of second master. Copy of what is required of those candidates who may present themselves for exami nation before the hydrographer of the Admiralty is en. closed." GENERAL ORDER. Head-Quarters before Sebastopol, March 20, 1855. At a general court-martial assembled at camp before Sebastopol on the 14th day of March, 1855, by order of Field Marshal Lord Raglan, G.C.8., Commander of the . Forces, and continued by adjournment to 16th of March, of which Col. Scott Reignolds, C. 8., 18th Royal Irish Regiment, was president, Lieutenant A. M. Richards, 77th Regiment, was tried upon the following CHARGE.—" For conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, in having, in camp before Sebastopol, on or about the 19th of February, 1855, de. liberately and wilfully states to a regimental court of inquiry that a certain paper writing, then produced to the court of inquiry, was not in his handwriting, he well knowing the said statement to be false," of which charge the court found the prisoner guilty. • SENTENCE.—The court having found the prisoner, guilty of the charge preferred against him, does now adjudge him the prisoner, Lieutenant Arthur Maurice , Richards, 77th Regiment, to be dismissed her Majesty's. service. (Signed) W. G. ROMAINE, Deputy Judge-Advocate. T. SCOTT REIGNOLDS, Colonel 18th Regt., President Approved and confirmed. 16th March, 1855. pan i es , o th n e o f r r e 7i In consequence of that which aocom ceedings, I will recommend that Mr. Rioherde bo to receive the value of his commission. (Signed RAGLAN. Mhoihraldjil.b-e—lenshaittested yaor THE re Regi me , jit in . .ordance with t he of Militia was gone —„,, authorising the return to circular from the Warona men - their homes of all the sty Since the muster roll and on the occasion of which w ere reading 200 men liettnents have and received their bounty moneY, 0 " rage rate o f serer' men a ' c laY and themselves to e been made at the *ye. f the other men co tinue to offer be re-attested. Th e n" to the 12th of May ig t is D ow between 500 and 600 gauntly ~,pected that in a ver y ( its on numbers. The men who regi ment ; and it is con short time it will reach are POW absent on furlough , have been roattested by Government on th • a favour granted to them, The South eir enlistment. Durham Militia, Barnard Castle, the men , in consequence of the grace accorded to enlisted under t little more than 200 t he act of 1852, now musters to their homes of men. The 400 men who have gone nearly perform 56 days'course dt will be called upon next year to Theye the e ave conducted them selves with great dec u or y u ' in i n r ii , d e n e t m was consi dered one of the most efficient a in the re lg hrorefo. a the ugtt be::: o c r a . The Limerick Artillery Regiment is 6 probably more completed than any other in Ireland, 24 men only being required to complete the quota. The Hon Major Vereker, commandant of the corps, recentlY called upon the men to state whether they would follow their oswn officers to the Mediterranean or Canada it allowed to volunteer, and the men responded with a hearty cheer .This corps would prove valuable in any of the Mediterranean fortresses, every man in it being up to the standard now fixed for the regiments o f Guards, and two inches above that of the regiments of the line. A detachment of Commissariat drivers, Consisting of a superintendent (Nealon), two superintendents, and 48 drivers, arrived in Cork on Sat urday evening, and were marched to Elizabeth Fort, to await the arrival of the transport.wbich had been hired to convey them to the . seat of war. Arrangements had been made for the r e. ceLiam of an equal number of drivers and superinten , dattis oia *VW-. _, 3. v I, in vont et- Rae eol- wb9• nler' I rley, re tie, b, IZ' a our, 4VS .far IP , g iD (' [ha or Id° fiat ], .0 "b e Ve , was; 7e' r • lotlY , ereot roun d ) th o r. "V " 1 • al-5° 1 (** ndYr r (2)r ;ccittl Lg. , g tovo ,rt• ,e, bl~ ; o ot(' 11 A °