The Sun. — London, England, 1861-04-02 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The lorcirf the Admiralty have issued an order -to the Devonport dockyard, that when the Admiral Superintendent is hereafter absent from duty for more than 24 hours, his office shall devolve upon the Captain of the guardship, of steam ordinary, in place of the Master-Attendant of the yard, upon whom the office has hitherto devolved. Rear-Admiral Sir T. S. Paslpy, Admiral Super intendent of Devonport dockyOrd, struck his flag on Friday evening on board the &yal Adelaide, 104, Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., in Haltnaze, and left on Saturday morning on leave of absence. The screw steam frigate Liverpool, 51, was warped on Saturday from the sheer hulk in Hamoaze to the Devonport dockyard, to receive her screw propeller. Steam was got up on Saturday on board the gun boat Porpoise (tender to the Princess Royal, 91), and she left Keyham basin and proceeded into Ply mouth Sound to test her machinery, after which she returned to Hamoaze. The drew of the screw steam troop ship Hima laya, Capt. John Seccombe, were paid off in Ply mouth on Saturday. A court-martial assembled on Saturday last on board the flagship Impregnable, 104, in Hamoaze, Plymouth, for the purpose of trying Thomas Alfred Newman, a Royal Marine, who, while on duty on the 22d of March last, as sentry over the cabin of Capt. Broadhead, of the screw steamship Donegal, 101, at Plymouth, stole upwards of £6O therefrom. The court was presided over by Admiral Robert Smart, K.H., and among the members were ten captains; Mr. Wm. Eastlake officiated as Judge- Advocate. The prisoner pleadt&uilty, and was sentenced to receive 48 lashes, imprisoned six months, be mulcted of all pay, an 4 dismissed from her Majesty's service. This is the last court-martial held - under the old law, which has been in existence for more than a century. Yesteraay the act cited for all purposes as the "Naval Discipline Act, 1860," 23d and 24th Victoria, cap. 123, will come into operation. By this act a court-martial shall consist of not less than five or more than nine officers. No officer below a lieutenant can sit as a member. No court can be held where there are less than three of her Majesty's ships, not being tenders. No officer below 21 years can sit. Flag officers can be tried only by a court composed of captains or higlier officers, pre sided over by flag officers ; captains by none below commanders. In all minor courts a captain at least must preside, and there must sit with him two who are commanders, or who hold higher rank. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Edward Topping, Robt. Roots, Wm. W. Watts, and Wm. H. Phillips, acting third class assistant-engineers, to the Asia, as supernume raries. ME ARMY. Lieut.-Col. Cormick and the officers of the Ist battalion l 20th Regiment, serving in India, have re mitted a considerable sum of money to the officer commanding the depot at Chatham, for the purpose of presenting a gold watch and chain to Sergeant Legge for his integrity and services as mess ser geant, which presentation was made to the sergeant on Saturday at Chatham. The examination by the Vice-President and mem bers of the Council of Military Education of candi dates for direct commissions commenced yesterday with the medical examination at the Royal Hospi tal, Chelsea. Gen. Knollys, the successor of Major- Gen. Rumley, now Inspector-General of Infantry, assumed his duties as Tice -President. Major• Gen. Portlock and Col. Elwyn were the members of the council present. Close upon 100 were candidates on this occasion. 7HE VOLUNTEERS. THE REVIEW AT BRIGHTON. The long-projected Volunteer RevieNy and sham fight at Brighton, which has during the last three weeks or so given rise to so much discussion among the various metropolitan rifle corps, and especially between their commanders, came off yesterday. Everything which could add to the effect of a bril liant display was in favour of the Riflemen. Unlike the weather in the metropolis, the day was all that could be wished at Brighton—clear, mild, and genial, sufficiently hot to make the sea breeze wel come, with not enough of the breeze to make the bleak downs cool. There was as immense concourse of spectators from all parts of the country. The day was kept a general holiday at Brighton, and, in short, no accessory was wanting which could add eclat to the whole demonstration. Nevertheless, in spite of all these unlooked-for aids, the display, we are sorry to say, was a comparative failure. It was a failure in point of the numbers of Volun teers that attended ; it was a failure in a more important point of view—in the disappointment inflicted on thousands of spectators who had come from all parts to see the sham fight, and who, from the manner in which the troops were kept behind the most distant hills, saw no more of what was going forward than if they had remained in Lon don. When the demonstration was first contemplated at Brighton the great reason always put forward in defence of such a distant rendezvous was that by such a choice the chance of a great crowd from the metropolis was done away with. In the face of this excuse the feeling of the promoters of the Brighton scheme against those who decided on Wimbledon always appeared to us rather unreason able, as nothing could have better answered their views than the Wimbledon Review if they were really sincere in their desire to avoid a large con course of sightseers at their own more distant dis play. But those who contended so strongly for the comparative retirement of the downs quite over looked the fact that Brighton is not a village, and that the spectators from that town alone, with the numbers sure to be added to them from the sur rounding districts, would be certain to make as large an assemblage as any likely to be brought together near the metropolis. Yet the noble and gallant officers in charge of the arrangements refused to see this obvious fact up to the last, and then ap parently only tried to remedy it by fixing the spot for the manoeuvres in a valley beneath a hill at least two miles distant from where the people were as sembled. Had they taken place in a plain, good glasseg might have done something even ',at that distance, but the huge chalk hill was, of course, opaque to the most powerful of telescopes. We have every reason for knowing that the most elaborate precautions were taken to keep the forces at a distance from the spectators, but we 'never for a moment supposed that these would have gone the absurd length of taking them totally out of sight. It may he said that the public were free to follow the troops if they chose; but this, it will be seen from the arrangements made, it was quite out of their power to do. Commanders show a lamentable ignorance of human nature in general and Volun teer nature in particular when they thus seek to shut out the public. The Volunteer movement is essentially a popular one, and the public are not a whit more anxious to see a sham fight than the Velunteers are that they themselves should be seen. We do not think a great many corps will be anxious for another private review like that of yesterday, and we feel morally convinced that the good people • of and round Brighton will not again be so easily duped by the programme of a sham fight. , Very ' many of th e V o l un t eers wen t d own t o B r i g ht on on Sunday, so that by the evening that great watering Place had assumed a most warlike aspect, and the streets Were • all th e corps gay with uniforms representing nearly I expected to arrive yesterday. For some reaso n or another, the a u th or iti es a t tile Horse Guards did not enter quite so warmly into the proposed pl an, and in fact, n fact, n o t t o mimeo matters were rumoured as bein Quite averse; the whole display. This partiawaslity, led them to turn a deaf ear t o 4' it refus e t requested loan of s ome pieces of artillery, and to f o allow the ,sth Dragoons to " keep" the ground. Consequently against re as oti werethe Volunteer feeling was rathe r r G u a nis, who fur some inscruottlasbetlie trying to in oe, a remark that o f i n a geber , al w d ,a , y always , ;liolle" as tr • troduce " the thin end of the we must have concealed some exceedingly bitt er mean. ing, since, though everybody made it, it was 1 8 . way s was in Volunteer circles loudly approved. the knowledge of this little feeling of soreness,' coupled with the doubts which existed as to who was entitled to the salute in marching past—the Lord-Lieutenant of the county or the General of the district—which led to its being universally reported yesterday that the Volunteers would not and did not salute the latter. We need hardly say that neither officers nor men ever contemplated such a gross and absurd breach of discipline. By eight o'clock yesterday morning Volunteer bugles were rousing the echoes of Brighton in all directions with the shrill notes of the " assembly." True to the call, the men turned out into the streets with heroic indifference to the state of the weather,, which just then was to say the least, discouraging. In fact, it was raining in torrents—the usual keen wind and merciless driving shower that generally ushers in all popular holidays and out-door fetes in England. The dejection shown on every counte nance at this most dreaded aspect was deep and general. Fortunately it was not lasting. At half past eight there was a break in the clouds out to sea ; by nine the do wn p our h a d cease d, t h e sun was shining brightly, and all Brighton was wreathed in smiles. From that hour out the weather was propitious and cheery as a day in June. Brighton is not, as &general rule, a hardworking town. Yesterday, therefore, it at once took advan tage of the display to give itself a holiday. The shops were almost as generally closed as if it had been Sunday, and the streets all along the line of route to be traversed and occupied by the volunteers were thronged with spectators from the town itself, and apparently from all the adjoining districts. Some 16,000, we are told, came in by rail, and, what with the crowds in the streets and on the racecourse, not less than 80,000 turned out to see and admire the riflemen. It was a pity, however, that they had not more to see, for to all this sack there was not a pennyworth of bread, the united strength of all the volunteers on the ground being short, we should say, of 7,000 men. Of these very little more than 4,000 came from London. This was a sad disappointment to the Brighton folks, who bad been carefully informed by some of our con temporaries that they might fully depend on seeing a force more than twice as numerous as that of the British troops at Alma, or about 54,000 men, col lected on their downs. From 54,000 to 7,000 was a sad falling off; but everybody, nevertheless, made the best of it, happily knowing nothing of the greater disappointment still in store for them. The first detachments from London began arriving a little before 9 o'clock. The railway arrangements were really excellent. The trains, which were filled with men of all regi ments, and all cheering and waving their hats from the windows, drew up outside the ordinary pas senger station at a huge outbuilding for rolling stock, capable of containing some 5,000 men. The instant the train stopped the men were out, and passing through the shed, formed up at once in the open space beyond. From this they marched down, headed by their bands, along the Mont pelier-road, towards the open space called the Level, where they were battalionised in the pre sence of a very admiring multitude. The Artil lery Corps were about the first to make their ap pearance in marching order. Owing to the refusal of the Horse Guards to lend artillery there was at one time a strong probability that the battle would have to be fought without guns. Fortunately, this important deficiency was not added to the other shortcomings, for four field guns, belonging to some Sussex Artillery, were borrowed for the occasion. To the noise made by these pieces the mass of spectators are indebted for the knowledge that there was any sham fight at all. Massing the regiments on the Level was about the best part of the day's proceedings. There, at least, the people could not only see the regiments but the individuals composing them. Later in the day they were re quested to recognise in a very distant noise of musketry an important strategical manoeuvre, and through a telescope to appreciate the drill of Vo lunteers as displayed by an irregular dark line on a hill side some two miles off, if not much more: It was announced that all the troops were to march past the Grand Stand on the racecourse previous to commencing the evolutions of the day. This, there fore, was the universal centre of attraction. An admission fee of 10s. was charged to the Grand Stand, and, as at the race on a Derby day, carriages were also charged 10s. and ss. for coming within the enclosure near the ropes, and when once fixed the horses were removed forthwith. Stands of the largest dimensions, and apparently of the frailest proportions, were erected on every side, and people gladly paid their money to scramble to the tops of these, of course, under a general impression that they would see something in return for their venture of both purse and person. In fact, all round the the Grand Stand, and for a considerable distance along the course, the scene presented was just the same as on the days when races are to be run and won, and the mass had evidently taken their stands and paid their money in the belief that they would be able at least to see the sham battle, if they could not understand it. To assist in whiling away the time that intervened before that event there was the usual muster of negro melodists, grinning with more than the dental abandon peculiar to the race ; mountebanks and tumblers, gipsies dis• pensing unheard of fortunes, card sharpers, pickpockets, performing monkeys, and precocious children. Babes scarcely able to stand upon their feet earned a precarious livelihood upon their hands in wooden platters, and these, with interludes of tumbling, boxing with the gloves, above all " Aunt Sally," whom his Grace of Beau fort first brought under public notice on that very spot, passed the time away well enough till the Volunteers came on the ground. The Earl of Chichester, Lord-Lieutenant of the county, occupied a place on the Grand Stand, and Major-Gen. Scarlett, Military-Commandant of the district, was also present with his Staff, represent ing the authorities at the Horse Guards. Before 12 o'clock the Volunteers began moving out of Brighton by different routes, and were gathered in open columns of companies on the brow of the hill next the sea, above the Stand. At a little after one the marcLing past commenced in the following order : ARTILLERY BRIGADE. Colonel Estridge commanding. Ist Battalion Brighton Artillery. 4th Battalion Cinque Ports. 2d Hants. 2d Sussex. IST BRIGADE INPANTRY. Lieut.-Colonel Faunce commanding; Captain Deedes, Brigade Major. Ist Battalion, Col. M'Leod-Ist Middlesex Engineers. 12th Battalion; Major Atherley-32d Middlesex Guards. 13th Battalion, Captain Ives-2d South Middlesex; 11th Middlesex, St. Georges's 36th Middlesex, Paddington. 2D BRIGADE. Lord Radstock commanding; Captain Chitty, Brigade Major. Ist Battalion -9th Middlesex, West; 2d do. Adminis trative Battalion. 2d Battalion, Col. Money-6th Tower Hamlets; 4th do. and 7th Islington. 3d Battalion—Col. Colville -39th Middlesex (Clerken.. well) ; Kent Rifles (companies) 4, 13, 17, 21, 34. 3D BRIGADE. Colonel Moorsom commanding; Major Penton, Brigade Major. Ist Battalion-3d Battalion Administrative Sussex. 2d Battalion—lst Cinque Ports. 3d Battalion-2d Battalion Administrative Sussex. 4TH BRIGADE. Colonel Valency commanding ; Major Deedes, Brigade Major. Ist Battalion, Col. Conran-Ist Battalion Hants (Win chester) ; 3d do. ; 6th do. 2d Battalion, Major Roupell-19th Surrey; 10th do. (Bermondsey). 3d Battalion, Col. Sir H. Fletcher-2d Surrey; 20th do. (Norwood). RESERVE. d City of London ; Brighton Cadets ; 11th Tower Hamlets. There is very little to say of the marching past manwuvre, which took place in open columns of companies. One or two of the corps were lament ably unsteady, and went past the Stand in a skir mishing order that would have been inexcusable in any but very young companies. With such an evi dent want of knowledge of company drill as one or two of them showed, it appears surprising how they could have been relied on for regular acting in brigade with the rest. These, however, were the exceptions. The mass, as a rule, went by with a steady good order which did them infinite credit, and their subsequent evolutions, though very simple, deserved still higher praise from the quick ness and comparative solidity with which they were executed. Among the best were the 2d South Mid dlesex and the St. George's.. The 3d City of London Regiment (the Working Men's) though a very young corps, went past with a steadiness that was really astonishing, considering the short time they had been under drill. As soon as this meagre ceremony of marching past was over the men moved up the racecourse to the left, and the huge mass of spectators settled themselves down to enjoy the sham fight that was to follow, and which it was fully expected was to be seen also. In front of the great concourse of spec tators lay a deep, amphitheatrical valley, about a mile across, with the steep ridges of the Downs rising up on the other side, so as to form a horizon stretching inland from the sea, and beyond which nothing of course was visible. Away round this went the troops to the left in dark glittering masses, gradually getting more and more distant on the ridge of hills till at length they quite disappeared. Simultaneously with their exit from the scene, a yellow mass of smoke sprung up in what was sup posed to be the right of their position. It grew and spread far and wide in thick sallow masses that for a time led the spectators to believe that the action was raging with uncommon fury in that direction, and would soon break out along the chain of hills in a tempest of musketry and canton. It turned out, however, not to be a sham battle on the right, but a heath fire, which, as the wind was fresh and straight up the valley from the sea, burnt with a rapidity and fierceness that was at one time almost alarming. Of course no one knew who lit it. Pos sibly it might have been accidental ; but from the damp state of the heath after the morning's rain, and from the fact that it was stated to have commenced in two points simultaneously, it would almost appear as if the act was wilful, and had originated among the crowds of idle boys spread over all that part of the Downs. While this heath fire was burning, the volunteers continued their march till they had placed the hill between themselves and the public, when they de ployed into line with their left resting on the sea, near the little village of Ovingdean, and their right stretching far—much too far, in our humble judg ment, for their numbers—away inland in the direc tion of Newmarket-hill. In this order and almost without reserves (for two-thirds of the reserve con sisted of the 3d London, which was in line on the extreme right) the whole force advanced up the hill till the crest was gained, when to the spectators on the racecourse who had very strong glasses they at last became visible, a thin fine dark line, not very regular, and only two deep, though extending very nearly a mile in length. The manoeuvres which followed were supposed• in a general way to repre sent the actions of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, of course with the difference that the final position was taken up immediately after the great premoni tory contest of the 16th June. This is the official programme, but what the great concourse of spec tators saw was merely a ridge like a very small hedge stretching irregularly across the chain of hill, but which was scarcely visible till the firing began. The action commenced on the left with an irregular and semi-occasional cannonade, which in the most entire manner was given forth at rare intervals, and this, as far as the public were concerned, constituted the great review and sham battle. By and by the " action" became more general along the line, and the whole force commenced file firing with a rapidity and energy that made itself audible even across the huge valley that yawned between the forces and the public, which had come so far to see them. The fusillade seemed to be of an entirely fancy character, inasmuch as it was maintained by little volleys and by big volleys, or file fire, apparently according to the discretion of each corps' commanding officer. Gradually the fire that had given the hills a thin ridge of smoke ( which was utterly eclipsed however by the burning heath), ceased along the line, and forming up in open columns of companies, the whole force passed over the hill and disappeared from the public gaze for good and all. The utter astonishment and blank that seemed to fall on the spectators, who had con fidently counted on the line advancing near enough to be tolerably visible even to the naked eye was at first extreme ; but, in the full confidence of .their speedy return, they allowed themselves to be con soled with lunch, of which the majority partook out of pocket-handkerchiefs and baskets laid on the grass, the minority doing justice to well-filled hampers. Thus, for half an hour or so the time was passed in expectation, but still no Volunteer made their appearance. At last a distant sound, as of a sustained fire of musketry, became gradually audible, and then for the first time the truth seemed to flash upon the spectators that the riflemen had gone farther and farther away than ever. Half the people had paid for their places either in stands or for their carriages (from which the horses had been removed) within the circle of the race-course. There was no chance, therefore, of overtaking the retreat ing army at that hour, and, with bitter expressions of disappointment, a great many drove off the course at once. The general public, with the happy versatility which characterises them on these occa sions, betook themselves to " Aunt Sally," Punch, and whatever cheap and general amusements were nearest at hand. A very large majority of the country gentry and visitors still sat in their carriages, and waited with what patience they could command for the return of the Volunteers. As a rule, however, donkey riding and three throws a penny became the order of the day, and the great crowd gradually spread themselves over the Downs in search of their own amusements. In the meantime the Volunteers continued their retreat behind the hills to the mouth of a smaller valley, where almost secure from curious gazers the sham battle really commenced. A few cf the better mounted, or the more enterprising occupants of carriages who had not paid to have their horses taken from them, followed up the course for some long distance to where an opening botween the hills gave a chance of seeing what was going forward. But the smoke of the heath fire swept across this part so densely that it was only dimly and at rare intervals that even these could see the smoke mado by the Volunteers beyond. After retreating from the first ridge of hills, the regiments moved back in good order, till it was supposed their extreme right was seriously menaced, when a stand was made, and a sustained and, for a time, a really tremendous roar of musketry was kept up along the line. But appa rently the riflemen had a far more obstinate foe to deal with than they are ever likely to encounter in any reol invasion, for, in despite of the fusillade, the enemy was supposed to have pressed in, and strong supports had to be sent to reinforce the right wing. All the movements were simple in the extreme, as with such young troops it was very right they should be. But still, such as they were, they were executed, not perhaps with any great quickness, but certainly in most corps with a steadiness that was in the highest degree commendable. To those accustomed to the evolutions of large and well-trained armies the slow and comparative irregularity of the troops in the Downs yesterday was apparent, yet on the whole it was less perceptible than the most sanguine could have anticipated, But, as a rule, we cannot help think ing that the impression left was that the regiments were far less in want of these great field days' than of steady company drill, or at most a brigade day in Hyde Park with one or two other corps. Every field officer in the army knows that it is worse than useless to send a regiment to Aldershott unless it has been carefully set up by a long course of bar rack-yard drill. If commanding officers will push their corps into running before they can walk well the downfall of some rifle corps in public estimation is pretty certain to be the result. At the same time we would venture to suggest with the utmost de ference .that the hurried lines into which the men are thrown are by no means calculated to give them any notion of what their position would be during an actual engagement. The first line formed yes terday was about twice as long and twice as thin as it would have been in actual warfare", and it was cer tainly more than three times the distance it should have been in rear of its artillery. A s yet the Volunteers are, as our future great national defence, still in the rough. The question is, will they be made better by rough handling, or if these stide- `DIE SUN, LONDON, yUESDAY: :EVENING, APRIL 2, 1861. gical faults aro their own, arising from want of drill, are not these great field days put forth before the mass of those who take part in them are equal to the duty ? If these brigade days are to be of any use they should be constant, and to be often repeated they cannot take place at Brighton. A brigade of three regiments acting together once a-week in Hyde Park, would do more real good to the Volunteers than a dozen such crude reviews as yesterday, where regiments like the South Middle sex, St. George's, 19th Surrey, &c. are reduced to the level of the merest recruits. While saying this, however, we by no means wish to detract from the general merit of yesterday's display, the most serious popular fault of which was that it was so arranged as to bitterly disappoint many thousands of people who had come long distances expressly to see it. The advance of the whole line of Volunteers at the end of the sham fight was about the best thing of the day on the part of most of the corps. It is only a pity so few were there to see it. The men returned into Brighton in sections of four, and were sent back to London as rapidly as the trains could be despatched. Many, however, re mained for another night, for Brighton was replete with gaieties and attraction, and a grand Volunteer Ball in honour of the occasion was to take place last evening. FIELD DAY AT WIMBLEDON. If it is intended by these mimic performances or bloodless warfare to inure the volunteers to some of the trying experiences of an actual campaign, such weather as they had yesterday for the manoeuvres on Wimbledon-common was just the thing. But if the affair was got up for the pleasure of an as sembly of spectators, and to make a London holi day, then it was as great a failure as the rain and the mud could make of it. The former alternative being taken as the correct view of this occasion, it must be acknowledged that the patience and pluck with which the volunteers who went out to Wimble don endured for so many hours their exposure to so much that was disagreeable, from the clouds over head and the ground under their feet, proved their manhood, and their soldiership too, thus far, in a very satisfactory manner. That corner of Hyde-park lying behind the Knightsbridge Barracks never looked more dreary, since a park it was, than it did at half-past eleven o'clock, when the different Middlesex corps began to meet there, before their march to the scene of action. The sloppy turf, the dripping leafless trees, the leaden sky, that sullenly, with an uni form persistence, kept shedding more water on so many drenched human creatures below, and the general expression of disapproval, not unmixed with a grim derision, on their fades and in their talk, as if they considered somebody was taking an undue advantage of the custom of the First of April, and carrying the joke rather too far—these unpleasant aspects of the morning in that place of meeting promised ill for the amusement of the day. But the civilian militia of this metropolis came up like men of business, not for a day's diversion, but for a day's w ork in the serious exercise of their patriotic calling, and they had not reckoned with the wea ther as for an excursion of social caprice. They were quite in the mood to have gone on through continuous rain from noon of day till dark of even ing, if such was their impending trial ; but a par tial mitigation of its expected severity was allowed to reward their courage. For no sooner had they begun to step out, through the Rutland-gate of the park into the Knightsbridge-road, than the rain ceased to fall, and during their two hours' march through Brompton and Fulham, and over Putney bridge, the mud was the only present trouble which accompanied their steps, and when they got upon the sandy road which leads up hill to the common the sun was shining, and there even seemed to be some hopes of getting dry. This column of infantry was escorted by the Mid dlesex Light Horse, about 40 strong, under Lord Truro's command. It consisted of three battalions. The first battalion, commanded by Major White head, was composed of the Victoria Rifles, or Ist Middlesex, 400 strong, under Captain Clarkson, and the 4th Middlesex, or Harrow corps. The second battalion was commanded by Lord Enfield, and it was made up of several companies of the 29th North Middlesex (St. Pancras), of which he is lieutenant-colonel, under Captain Waller Jones, the adjutant of the corps, while Captain Ross acted as adjutant to Lord Enfield in his command of the battalion. About 300 of this corps were on the field. Next came the third battalion, consisting of six companies of the Civil Service Brigade (21st Middlesex), the Artists' Corps (38th Middlesex), 80 or 90 strong, and the 2d City of London, formed by Messrs. Spottiswoode, the Queen's printers, with one of the vans belonging to her Majesty's Sta tionery Office, as a commissariat waggon, to bring up the rear. This was the order of the march from Hyde-park to Wimbledon-common, by way of Putney-bridge. The Civil Service corps was placed under Captain Ennis, the adjutant, and Captain Du Plat Taylor, since its lieutenant colonel, Lord Bury, was commander-in-chief of the day, and Captain Hawker, who is the senior of this corps, had the command of the whole battalion. Among those who led the Civil Service companies that had mustered at Somerset-house to come out on this occasion were Captain .Tom Taylor and Ensign Yates. The Artists' corps, commanded by Captain Wyndham Phillips, was officered also by Captains Leighton and Arthur Lewis, Lieutenant Gale, and Ensign Talfourd. When the three battalions already mentioned got out upon the Common they found there the Surrey Light Horse, under Captain Meller, and the Ist Admi nistrative Battalion of Surrey Rifles, under Major Jones. These formed part of the Surrey Brigade, which was commanded by Lieut.- Col. M'Donald, of the Ist Surrey, while Lord Bury himself cam manded the Middlesex Brigade. The other corps which arrived soon afterwards, before 2 o'clock, were the 20th Middlesex (or Railway Rifles), com manded by Lieut.-Col. Bigge, with Captain Bowyer as adjutant ; the 7th Surrey, under Major Beresford, in command of a battalion (with Major and Adjutant Jones) ; 12th Surrey, as the second battalion, under Major Corkran, with Captain and Adjutant Sir H. Chamberlayne ; Ist Surrey under Captain Freeman ; Bth Surrey from Carshalton, under Captain Hay. Altogether there must have been three or four thousand men on the field, but it was difficult to ascertain the exact strength mus tered by each of these corps, whiCh did not send all their companies ,on this occasion. The staff was composed as follows :—Acting Adjutant-General, Major Nelson, the district inspector of Volunteers; Acting Assistant-Adjutant-General, Capt. Lewis, of the Artists' Corps ; Acting Quartermaster- General, Lieut. Walliker, of the Civil Service Corps. There was no artillery. All the cavalry on the field was placed under the command of Lord Truro, when Major and Adjutant Smith took the Middle sex Light Horse. This being the list of particular commands, it should now be stated that Colonel M'Murdo, the superintendent-general of the volun teer forces, came to inspect the assembled corps on this occasion, accompanied by Capt. Williams as his aide-de-camp, and by Lord Seymour. The general plan of the movements which were exhi bited in the afternoon may be shortly described. As a salutary and sensible measure, previous to these martial evolutions, we must commend those by whom the proceedings of the day were directed for commencing with a good dinner. The Civil Service, and other corps of the same brigade, had' provided themselves, by contract, with an excellent repast in a tent reserved for their own use ; Lord Enfield had taken care of the North Middlesex, and the 20th Railway Corps had brought out with them several carriers' waggons loaded with something to eat. This was better than the starvation inflicted last year on those who fought with their hunger at the battle of Bromley, and who in the small hours of a Sunday morning, having tasted no food since their breakfast on Saturday, returned in a famish ing state to their homes. Unless it were designed to put their valour to the test of intestinal privation as well as to that of muscular fatigue and exposure to inclement weather, since all these are probable sufferings to be anticipated as the realities of war, it was not quite justifiable to manage or mismanage the preparations at Chislehurst with that result; but those made at Wimbledon yesterday were suf ficient to make the bad weather there more endu rable than the summer serenity of a former day. Allusion has been made to a gleam of sunshine that for once broke the pouring clouds yesterday, and greeted the Middlesex brigade on their arrival. BefOre they had eaten their dinner the bleak com mon was frowned upon and darkened by a menacing pile of the impending tempest, which might have filled even the breast clad in a volunteer uniform with dismay. One gallant ensign of our acquaint ance, acting on the approved military principle of saute qui peut, did verily get into a cab and drive home to London, where, perhaps, being already wet and chilled, he put himself to bed. But the storm shower descended, and the volunteers withstood its rage. An imaginary hostile army was coming up from the south coast, where it had landed, and it be hoved our volunteer forces to resist its advance along the Portsmouth road towards London, by taking their post across the road, on a ridge or brow of the hilllooking south-west down towards Kings ton Bottom, and towards that well-known public house, the Baldfaced Stag. The place was on the side of the common adjoining Combe Park and Roehampton. This was a very strong position, as afterwards explained by Colonel 111'Murdo ; but the enemy was supposed to make an effort pre sently to turn it, by a right-flank movement of his, which would bring him up, through the hollows or valleys near the practising butts, to the high flat ground marked by a windmill that stands near the Putney and Wimbledon road, This supposed movement obliged the defending force to quit its former position, and to take up a second position on the level ground near the windmill, throwing out a line of skirmishers to keep the enemy at bay. All this was done, and the firing was kept up with a good deal of spirit and alacrity; but the rain made the air very thick, and prevented the smoke from rising, so that the spectators could not always see what was going on. Having formed in line in their new position, and discharged several volleys at their foe, the volunteers again formed into bat talions, and the engagement was considered to be over—but, as it seemed, with a doubtful result. The object of these movements, which are here very imperfectly described, may be understood from the speech addressed by Colonel M'Murdo to the volunteers, formed in square to hear him, as soon as they had done. He spoke to them as follows Volunteers I—To men of understanding it is not neces sary that the movements which you have gone through to-day should be fully explained. I think it only neces sary to call your attention to the nature of the two positions which you have taken up. The first position which you took up was .one naturally of great strength, so much strength, indeed, that two-thirds of the enemy must have been non-engaged that is to say, neither his cavalry could have been of any effect, nor his artillery of much effect, except by vertical file. But it was supposed that the enemy, finding that position too strong for him to take, endeavoured to reach this plateau on which you are standing, by turning your flank by one of these long valleys in the direction of Wimbledon. It was necessary, therefore, that you should quit that strong position which you formerly held by chang ing your front to the left. The enemy had a double object in doing this. He desired to come upon plain level ground, by which means he could bring both his cavalry and his artillery to bear in the action as well as his infantry. He also desired, by turning your left flank, to reach the Wim bledon-road, by which he could march through upon Lon don. Now it is my desire to point out to you the difference of the positions you held. I t was very different when you were along that rugged crest of the hill where neither ca valry her artillery could reach you. You checked the enemy there—any number of bold men could check:any enemy there. But here you were brought upon a billiard table, and you will be brought man to man, against, perhaps, the best troops in Europe. Now, gentlemen, I observed, in your forming line here, some battalions—l do not blame them, because they have had very little practice as yet-- were a little unsteady in coming into line here. If they were unsteady coming into line to-day, what would be the case if this plain was swept by the artillery of the enemy, and then, perhaps, as you were choking with dust, and many of your comrades falling about you, suddenly through the dust the very ground was shaken by the heavy masses of the enemy's cavalry charging you ? Now, then, con sider how unsteady, how liable to be unsteady, young troops would be under such circumstances. And what is it that overcomes all this ? It is discipline—discipline alone. By the term discipline I do not mean the checking of bad conduct. I mean that habitual union, that combination of mind and body brought to bear upon a certain object, which sets aside all individual action, and makes a company of men, a battalion or a brigade, act like a machine. Now, this can only be gained by company drill— I repeat, it can only be gained by attention to your com pany drill. I consider a company to be the unit of an army. But where the men of a company are steady and well drilled, the whole army will be steady and well drilled. I therefore say it is of no avail, all that you have learned in the way of shooting; all your zeal and your patriotism will be of no avail in the day of battle without a thorough know ledge of your company drill. I will harp upon company drill. Nothing but company drill will do; and therefore I beg of you not to consider that excellence in shooting is everything; because nothing will do unless you have perfect steadiness of formation under fire. Gentlemen, you have gone through a hard day's work, and your feet are wet. I will not therefore detain you, but let you retire to your homes, which you are well able to protect. Good evening. We have only now toadd that the volunteers who had taken part in the manoeuvres of the day got back to London either by road or railway, tired and wet, but not perhaps much the worse for what they had gone through. The Queen's (Westminster) Rifles were on the Common, 850 strong, but did not take an active part in the proceedings. FIELD DAY AND SHAM FIGHT AT RICHMOND. Notwithstanding the gatherings at Brighton and Wimbledon, a sufficient number of volunteers were found to make a display at Richmond, although the affair, if not so grand as Wimbledon or Brighton, was of a sufficiently imposing character to be worthy of notice. The total number of men under arms at one time was 1,200. The 19th Middlesex, under Col. Bathurst, assembled at an early hour in the morning, and marched from their head quarters in Queen-square, Bloomsbury, headed by the band, to the Waterloo station, and proceeded to Richmond by train. Nine companies were present, and during the greater part of the time the men were in the park the rain poured in torrents, which completely drenched the volunteers. In the midst of a shower of hail the men were exercised in volley and file firing, which was delivered with great precision. The rain having subsided, Col. Bathurst determined the volunteers should enjoy themselves, and for that purpose a sham fight on a small scale was arranged and took place, after which the volunteers, having re-formed company, marched back to the station, and went home by train, The members of the 16th Middlesex (Twickenham) Rifles mustered to the extent of three companies at Twickenham, and under the command of Capt. Murray marched to Richmond-park, where they piled arms. Having reformed, they proceeded to Kingston, where they were provided with a dinner, given by Capt. Lowe. The effective members of the Central London Rifle Rangers (40th Middlesex), mustered, to the num ber of 200, at:Gray's-inn-square, and went to Rich mond-park by train. The men under the command of Col. Somerset, Capt. Walker, Capt. Searle, Capt. A. Plews, and Capt. E. W. Plews, went through battalion drill in a very efficient manner. The two bands of the regiment, under the able management of Mr. Sayers, gave great satisfaction. Notwith standing the very unfavourable state of the weather, the park was thronged with spectators. FIELD.DAY AT WANSTEAD. A grand review and field-day of the 2d Tower Hamlets Rifles also came off on Wanstead Flats. The volunteers, to the number of 500, comprising 7 companies, mustered in the Victoria-park, at 12 o'clock, and were under the command of Lieut.- Colonel Walker, Captains Guillam ) Lowe, Byas, Wigram, Holt, Samuda, Gibbs, and Adjutant Lowery, accompanied by the band, under Band master Wade, and the bands of the 4th and sth Poplar Regiments, under Bandmaster Gilligan, they marched through Bow and Stratford to Wan stead Flats, where they were joined by one or two other local corps. Having gone through the pre liminary drill, the entire battalion threw out in skirmishing order, and amongst other evolutions they prepared to receive cavalry and went through the ordinary business of a field-day. Lieut.-Colonel Walker, at the termination of the inspection, con gratulated the men upon their efficient and soldier like appearance, and also upon the way in which they had sustained the character of the corps that day by going through and performing the various evolutions with precision. He also con gratulated them upon having secured the services of Sergeant-Major Travers, as it was mainly owing to him that they had attained their present state of military efficiency. He concluded by im pressing upon them the necessity of unremitting attention to drill. The volunteers having partaken of refreshment, marched back to their respective quarters. FIELD-DAY AT MAIDSTONE. A gathering of the 3d battalion of Kentish Volun teers took place in the Mote-park, Maidstone. This battalion comprised the Ist (Maidstone), 9th (Chat ham), 12th (Dartford), 15th (Sutton), 19th (Roches• ter), 20th (Northfleet), 22d (Sheerness), and 31st (Leeds Castle), Kent corps, all of which had cor dially responded to the invitation to be present, issued by Lieut.-Col. Scott, the commanding officer of the battalion ; and as the 39th Kent (Mailing) corps had also expressed a wish to take part in the proceedings, permission was readily accorded. The Earl of Romney kindly granted the use of his park (in which the old volunteer force of the county were reviewed towards the close of the last century by his late Majesty George III.), and notwithstanding the unfavourable weather, a large number of per sons assembled, the interest being increased from the fact that this was the first aggregate gathering of volunteers which had taken place in the locality. Most of the corps arrived by train, and marched through the town, preceded by their bands, playing spirited airs. On their arrival at the park they fell out for a time for refreshment, the number of men upon the ground being about 600. They afterwards reformed and marched into column shortly before 2 o'clock, the hour appointed for the review. Lieut.- Col. Scott (in command) and Adjutant (Major) Laurie, of the 3d battalion, were present, with the officers attached to the various corps, and also a considerable number of the military from the cavalry depot. The usual battalion movements were gone through, including skirmishing, hdvancing, and firing by wings, &c., the whole being executed in a manner which showed that the volunteers in this dis trict were determined not to be behind those of other parts of the country in rendering themselves effi cient for the duties they had undertaken. At the conclusion Lieut.-Col. Scott addressed the men in terms of high commendation at the way in which they had acquitted themselves, and which was the more creditable from the fact of this being the first time the whole of the battalion had had the oppor tunity of acting together. Provision had been made for the volunteers and their friends to dine in a marquee on the ground, but the state of the weather prevented this, and the dinner consequently took place in the Corn Exchange. The ground in the park was kept by mounted troops from the depot. ASSIZE INi ELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT-KINGSTON, April 1. (Before Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) LOMAX V. NORTON. This was an action brought by John Lomax, to recover damages from Louisa Norton, for her breach of promise to marry him. The defendant first pleaded that she did not make the promise in manner and form mentioned, and she also pleaded that at the time the promise was made she believed the plaintiff to be a man of chaste and moral habits and decent behaviour, and that she had since ascertained that he was a man of unchaste and immoral habits, and on that ground she justified her refusal to marry him. Serjeant Ballantine, Serjeant Parry, and Mr. Foster appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. T. Salter were coun sel for the defendant. . The learned judge, before the trial commenced, threw out a suggestion that the cause was of such a nature as to render it necessary to avoid, if possible, going into a public inquiry. The learned counsel on both sides, however, stated that they could not agree upon any terms, and the• cause consequently proceeded. Sergeant Ballantine, in opening the case for the plaintiff, said he and his learned friend would have been extremely glad if they could have avoided en tering into the present inquiry, but he was afraid that there was no alternative. it was, under all circumstances, always a very painful matter. When a gentleman brought an action of this description against a lady, there were always unpleasant mat ters which it was as well to prevent being made pub lic, and he said his learned friends had done all in their powerto avoid publicity on the present occasion, but they had not succeeded, and it was therefore his duty to lay the facts before the jury. The plain tiff, he said, was about eight-and-thirty years of age, He was,connected with literary pursuits, as he was instructed, and had considerable expectations of property at the death of his mother, who was a very aged lady. The defendant was ten years younger than the plaintiff, her friends were very wealthy and respectable, and she was also possessed of con siderable personal attractions. They first became acquainted about 10 years ago, and they were on very friendly terms, but the fan.ilies became sepa rated, and did not have any communication with each other until February, 1858, when the defendant met the plaintiff accidentally at a sale, and invited him to her house. The intimacy then continued, and there could be no doubt that a very strong affection sprung up between the plaintiff and the defendant, and that they were engaged to be mar ried, with the full consent of the parents of both, and the present action was brought against the de fendant for having broken that promise. He thought it right to state that there did not appear to be the slightest mercenary feeling on either side, and he would admit that there was no ground for suppos ing that the young lady was actuated in her refusal by the slightest feeling of a mercenary character, neither had the plaintiff any such object in bring ing the present action. All he desired was to obtain such a verdict as would relieve his character from the imputations that had been cast upon it during these proceedings, and by the plea that had been placed upon the record. Lord Chief Justice Earle here interposed, and said that after the statement that had just been made by Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, he really thought it would be much better for all parties that the inquiry should not be proceeded with. Mr. Edwin James said he had done all he could to avoid having a public inquiry in a case of such a nature, but the father of the young lady, who was defending the action on her behalf, felt that there were circumstances connected with the inquiry which left him no alternative but to lay the whole case before the jury. , Chief Justice Erle said he understood that no money was desired to be obtained by the plaintiff. Sergeant Ballantine said, certainly not. If the young lady had said that she was tired of the plain tiff and wished to break off the connection, hia client would have been perfectly content. Mr. Edwin James repeated that he had done all he could to induce the father of the young lady to come to some terms, but he peremptorily refused, arid therefore there was no alternative but that the trial should proceed. Sergeant i3allantine then proceeded with his ad dress, and he read some short extracts from conesd , pondence that h a d passe d b etween th e plaintiff n the defendant for th e purpose of showing that a strong feeling of attachment had originally existed between them. Mrs. Lomax, the mother of the plaintiff, was then called as a witness. Chief Justice Erle, before she was sworn, however, again f interposed, and said tahterahtalotfhothue yo ghth un is g a l c a t d io y, n might be defended by the still, whatever his feelings might be upon the sub ject, the young lady herself was th e rea l party i n. terested ; and having considered the nature of the action, and what had been stated by the learned counsel on both sides, he had no hesitation in ex pressing his opinion that it would be very much to the interest of Miss Norton, and to that of her f am ily also, if some arrangement were come to to a void going, into such a painful inquiry as this must necessarily be. He at the same time said he enter tained a very strong opinion that if the young lady's father persisted in proceeding, he would most as suredly one day deeply regret what he had done, as he would find that he had caused his daughter very much unnecessary pain and annoyance. By going on with the case, annoyance and injury might un doubtedly be caused to the plaintiff . , but it could not benefit the defendant. Mr. James said he was much obliged to his lord ship for 'what he had stated, which entirely coin cided with the view he had taken of the matter. He and his learned friend Mr. Lush had strongly advised Mr. Norton to come to some arrangement that would prevent the necessity of going into a public inquiry, but he appeared determined to pro ceed. He thought it right at the same time to state that although at one time Mr. Norton was un doubtedly willing that his daughter should be married to the plaintiff, he subsequently received information respecting him which led him to be lieve that the marriage could not be a happy . one, and it was therefore through him that the marriage was broken off, but with the full consent of the I defendant, and he was now prepared with ai l ' of evidence to justify the course he had taken' The learned j u d ge aga i n intimated his sw i opinion that some arrangement might to be CO, between the parties, and after some confe rety, was arranged that a juror should be withdrsl that all the letters that had passed betwel l parties should be delive re d up; that the def en should withdraw all imputations upon the chlul i d of the plaintiff; and that the second plea sh oll ' withdrawn. --- NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, API CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Hill.) MURDER IN LIVERPOOL. c j Thomas Donegan was indicted for th e , e 2 murder of James Cassidy, at Liverpool, on te e d January last. The prisoner was also ella r g the coroner's warrant. Mr. Aspinall and Mr. L. Temple were f or prosecution, and Mr. Little for the defence. j On the 26th January (M r . A s pinall inferr ed , jury in opening) the prisoner was e ntering .. , tP t i of a public-house at th e corner o f Dale-sure i Johnson-street, Liverpool. Th e house 115 '01 in each street, and both communicated W; r p bar. A man named Heffman (a corn Peri e me d coming out of the house at the time, and + l4 h ° e rd pute having arisen between the two as t ° f 1 ,, - 110 0 allowed for each other to pass, a scuffle,'" ner il and several blows were struck. The Pr' B°- h i sl ceeded in entering; and the noise of the set — e ll attracted the attention of th ose i ns ide "", v eol orpersons outside th e h ouse , a nu mber el 8 0 entered by the door i n J o h nson - s t ree t, and..„ 14 0 0 disturbance, in which th e p r i soner t oo k aPA ", 8 80 part, took place withi n th e h ouse , The deee tl 4e l not there at all, and took no par t i n the tad any time. After some time the landlord e) - 10,9 the people from the hous e , an d D o negan '4l t hd, who was near the spot at this time, seeing to, soner in a very excited stat e , th oug ht it best rierl duct him home. 'He to o k h o ld o f the r i n s° cl k the arm and was l ea di ng hi m awa y, when' B oe, caught sight of Cassidy, w h o was s tanding ' e r! a wall quietly sm o ki ng hi s p i pe , Th e pritbor viously took Cassidy for one of the persona A be l been engaged in th e quarre l, as he said, ;,`"fit, one of them ?" and th oug h assured by J ~g d,,7 that Cassidy had taken no p ar t i n t h e 07, prisoner nevertheless rushed at hi m , an d str ll o , in the neck with a knife or some sharp ingl e l! 1 Cassidy fell, and never rose again. Indeeet l t o been wounded so severely that he died alb, stantancously. The witnases would give P n i , rec t the same version of the case which he (Mr•A e r ie jf had just related, and the only question for oit) would be whether or not anything had, ; ,,,b , j , between the prisoner and anybody else viii,'" if r, have brought him to that state of hot bloouee under all thecircumstances, would reduce t, h , from murder to manslaughter. The learne d man then called witnesses. i i ' A k f Ir A Tto he first witness, James Barl ow , s on of Ni ori er 4 of the public house, spok e genera lly ' ho of and Heffman having b een d r i n ki ng in the ' ~ the night mentioned. 09 Heffman (next examined), stated that he ,r, H . j, assailed, on entering th e h ouse , b y t h e prie° , ! t or struck him in the fa ce , an d on effman I. ' the blow the barman turned them out. Another witness, named Miller, who was the the public house a littl e l a t er , saw Cass i l,o.„l l out at a side door in a state of intoxiea - olv leaned against a wall, and w hil e i n this ;,..0 11 Donegan came up to him, and after asking fr ood you one of them ?" struck him w ith a itn i 3O left side of the neck, s a yi ng , " T a ke th e :* a 1 blood gushed forth, and de a th t o ok On e " j immediately. evil John Jones, who was passing at the tint o se, the evidence as to Donegan giving the d e af blow with a knife. The prisoner then ran and Cassidy fell down and died. One of t7 e 4 officers who assisted to capture Donegan st et there were about 30 people engaged in "„):11 within the public-house, and that when apP% hi r Donegan had a yellow mark, as if from " round one of the eyes. ~. V i j A surgeon from th e N or th ern Di s pensa A l Voc pool, stated that on exam i n i ng the heui a olv deceased he found the jugul ar ve in cut , d this had caused death. tbe Mr. Littler, for the defenc e , ur ged that 8 `'do would not warrant a verdict of murder , :0, was no evidence of there being in his min as 6 time that " malice aforethought," which W t ber) tial to the crime of murder; and that ", serious aspect of the case would not justify " more severe than manslaughter, teo The learned Judge, in summing up, sea tr prima facie all killing was murder, bu t , re lfi there waswvidence of aggravation or q 0 01 0 1 1i 1 leading to hot blood, the law, in mercy t ee infirmity, reduced the crime to manslaughi s ' ir it was for the jury to say whethe r there 094 evidence of hot blood in the present case. i , c t,i The jury retired to consider their ver, ° , l te ry shortly afterwards retxrned, and aegnar prisoner of murder, but found him guilt,' e i vated manslaughter. 0 0 1/ The Judge, after commenting upon the e fi l 0 of the offence, sentenced Donegan to Pe n tude for life. i ANOTHER TRIAL FOR MIJRDO‘ 101, f o t Joaquin Francisco, 27, a B ra zilian 5e 1 . 10 , 1 indicted for the m ur d er o f a Sp a nish sa l 07 named Francisco, on the 17th of March , I/ pool. sec ov Mr. J. B. Aspinall app e a re d f or the P l° fa assisted by Mr. Conway ; an d M r . Temp le defence. "adY The jury were composed half of SPar li tr oi half of Englishmen, and the necessity t ( , ) , by interpretere the evidence of nearly fuh t he nesses (who were Spanish or B ra ziliae greatly protracted the case. ver ;e, It appeared that th e d ecease d and pri-e"ji en the night menti one d at a b oard i ng he-n oe of by a person nam e d Fl orent i ne, nea r the doe cori that some dispute arose between them i ii r b quence of some gallantries offered by thee, 1; to one of the female servants in the hone to:i quarrel increased, and the two men went i de ce? street to fight it out. Before, however, th e i fo9 had time to strike a blow or to place binis e v ri defensive, the prisoner rushed upon hire , „ 9 a knife or some other glittering weaP?7, o 6l deceased in the neck, causing him to fall : it afterwards to die. The prisoner then vi e „;, r ia and changed his clothes, but he was soon a".„ e tri arrested, and was then observed to pass sew li e) to a friend, and afterwards to throw a lve- SO;V some kind into the fire. The fire was not e s i f immediately, but when it was examine d :of t blade was found (the h an dl e h av i ng b ee n eer i l9 and subsequent chemical tests bad prove' io) had been stained with human blood. As o tlero previous case, it would be for the jury t ro jeoil whether the act of the prisoner wasp e rf° o9 that heat of temper which reduced the c_ 4 5, 1 , 11W to manslaughter, or whether there o, v Pt rr f . 4 malice which would justify a colinnithl for ,aw Such were the leadi ng f ac t s , to which fl e witnesses deposed. h 6 Mr. Temple, for th e d e f ence , though T e n or il , deny that the wound inflicted by the Pries' se oy caused Francisco's death, argued that the ll in or i i razor by the prisoner was not with the hil ig iltd murdering, but merely of wounding and' is otr o, the deceased. The learned gentleman dwelt, d i ed upon the fact, elicited towards the close 01 a or" deuce, that a large carving knife was form s, the person of the deceased, beneath his clot h oPir his death, and said that the presump •n lbe o ,# this knife was intended to be used again ceased, between whom and the prisoner the 0 /1 previously have been ill blood. o tte 1/t His lordship, in summing up, drew of the jury to similar legal distinction t° ,ho had before noticed. ell e ; j The jury retired, and, after a brief 9.- „ 5 2 13t, - .11 , turned with a verdict of guilty of m 8 01 17 0 0" The prisoner was sentenced - to penal o r life. GoitE.—On Good Fri ß day l , H at T M li argate, the Wife °f I'‘ Gore, E., of a son KEMBLE. sq On the 31st . ult., at Bath the wife of iteStrj Charles Kemble, of a daughter. RICHARDS.—On Easter-day, at • 4, Porches. e j r 0 1° ' wife of Charles Richards, E s q., o f a daugh ter. MARRIAGES. t iberei RAYNHAM—WILLIAMS.—On the 29th Ult., e' ,„ 13 church. Clapham, Surrey, J ames , second ei—cuitig Raynham, of Rectory-gr ove , t o El e anor, e ldeF3- of Mr. T. Williams, of North-street, COI P ) WE6T—EMERY.—On the 21st ult , at St. Fa inB T Bl3 l ll t town Mr. Edwin Francis West: of Clifton, t%.ap, Emery, eldest daughter of Mr. Joseph Ja in° Westbury. terrace, Bayswat er . te, TliS, T r aeo CHABOT. —On the 29th ult a t Camberwell, d Ae f' Chabot, Es., aged 72. .„ 0 3, COTESWORTIL q —On Ow 29th alt., at Cilelten-sq rietta, daughter of th e l a t e Robt. C o tesgrol e ' wander, of H.M.'s Packet Service, Falin eutil. le DAvis.—On the 30th ult., Captain George Cheltenham, aged 60. HOWDEN. —On the 30th ult., William Bowden' d~ Great George-street, Westminster, aged 36 * HENDERsoN.—On the 30th ult., suddenly, at near Sandwich, Kent, William Henderson, ' 74. r "al W ISE —On the 31 st ult., in London, Fanny, W o „se late Rear-Admiral Wise, C. 8., of Hoe-gate m outh, aged 68. Ot LONDON : Printed and Published by 3.11.. 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