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

TEE 31 A VY. The Lords of the Admiralty hai-e 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. hear-Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley, Admiral S uper intendent of Devonport dockyard, struck his flag on Friday evening on board the Royal Adelaide, 104, Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., in Hamoaze, 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 crew of the screw steam troop ship Hima laya, Capt. John Seccombe, were paid off in Ply mouth on Satirday. A coart-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 C over by Admiral Robert Smart, K.H., and among the members w ere t en captains ; Mr. Wm. Eastlake officiated as Judge- Advocate. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced. to receive 48 lashes, be imprisoned six months, be mulctei of all pay, and 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. Yesterday 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 eourt 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 higher officers, pre sided over by flag officers ; captains by none below commanders. In all minor courts a captain at least mast 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. THE ARM 1. Lieut.- Col. Cormick and the officers of the Ist battalion, 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 Vice-President. Major• Gen. Portlock and Col. Elwyn were the members of the council present. Close upon 100 were candidates on this occasion. THE VOLUNTEERS. THE REVIEW AT BRIGHTON. The long-projected Volunteer Review and sham light 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 thoir 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 an 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 still 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 glasses 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 be 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 Volunteers 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, arid We feel morally convinced that the good people of a nd round Brighton will not again be so easily Ped by the ma n , programme of a sham fight. Very of the Volunteers we.lt down to Brighton on ounaay, t , place had that ass by th e evenl'xig that great watering. streets were gay a most oarlike aspect, and the all the corps eaeet y v with unifor ms representing nearly d to arrive yesterday. For some reason o r another, the authorities at the Horse cluitar ciuite so warmly into the fact, proposed plan, and in ,not to mince matters, • were rumoured as beinN. e averse to the whole Lisplay. This partiality, it was a.. i leged, led them to turn a deaf ear to the requested loan of some pieces of artillery , and to zefuse to allow th e sth Dragoons to "keep" the , ;round,against the. Consequently Voluateer feeling was rather roused Horse Guards, who for som e inscrutable reason w ere always spoken of in a gen( 3ral way as trying to;in. troduce " the thin end of t. he wedge," a remark that must ha ye concealed some e !xceedingly bitter mean, ins, ;ince, though everybe 4 made it, it was always in V 'olunteer circles lou l ily aPProved. It Pas 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 buglep 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 downpour had ceased, the 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 a 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 had 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 leeted 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. 0 wing 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 mere. 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 dia• pensing unheard of . fortunes, card sharpers, I 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 marching 'cast commenced in the following order : ARTILLERY BRIGADE. Colonel Estridge commanding. Ist Battalion Brighton Artillery. 4th Battalion Cinque Ports. 2d Hants. 2d Sussex. IST BRIGADE INFANTRY. Liout.-Colonel Faunce commanding ; Captain Deedes, Brigade Major. Ist Battalion, Col. M'Leod—lst 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-Ist Cinque Ports. 3d Battalion-2d Battalion Administrative Sussex. 4TH BRIGADE. Colonel Valancy 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 manoeuvre, 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 ha v e b ee n relied on for regular acting in brigadP With the rest. These, howe ver, were the 6 xeeptions. , The mass, as a rule, went by with .a 48 ' 1 4 good Order'*bieh 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 Sonth 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 t 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 cannon. It turned out, however, not to be a sham battle on the right, but a heath fire, which, as the wird 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 inlitnd 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 We 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 Volunteers 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 haitipy versatility which characterises them on these occa sions, betook themselves to " Aunt Sally," Punch, and whatQver 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 gull crowd gradually spread themselves over the Demns" 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 of 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 forl 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 made 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. As yet the Volunteers are, as our futuregreat national defence, still in the rough. The question is, will they be wade better by rough handling, or if these stMe-: THE SUN; LONDON, TUESDAY ' e :EVENING, APRIL 2, 1861. gical faults are their own, arising from want of drill, are not these great field days put forth before the mass of those who take part pi 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 &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 faces 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 work 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 daring 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 OD 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, , Lieltenant Gale, and Ensign Talfourd. When the three battalions already mentioned got out upon .the Common they found there the Surrey Light 151 4 * 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'llonald, of the Ist Surrey, while Lord Bury himself com 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 :—A cting 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 evclutions, 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, quite justifiable to manage or mismanage the preparatio ns a t Chi s l e h urst w ith th a t re s u lt ; it was not 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 sauve qui pent, did verily get into a cab and drive home to London, where, perhaps, being already wet and chilled, he pat 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 Boldfaced Stag. The place was on the side of the common adjoining Combo Park and Roehampton. This was a very strong position, as afterwards explained by Colonel APAlurdo ; 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, es 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 Mqlurdo 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 today 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. It 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 lee brought man to man, against, perhaps, the best troops in Europe. Now, gentlemen, I observed, in your forming lifie 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 cf 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 1 gtatalated them upon haviti4 secured th services lof Sergeant-Major Travers, as it was mainly owing to him that they had attained their present state of military efficiency. He concluded by im prcssing 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 (Northfieet), 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 (Malting) 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 HI.), 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, advancing, 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 INTRELIGENCE. 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 befora 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 families 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 Erle 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 Erie 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, and therefore there was no alternative but that the trial should proceed. Sergeant Ballantine then proceeded with his ad dress, and he read some short extracts from corres pondence that had passed between the plaintiff and the defendant for the 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 interposed, and said that although this action might be defended by the father of the young lady, still, whatever his feelings might be upon the sub ject, the young lady herself was the real party in. 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 come s this must o to the interest of lgi§P..Norton, and to that o f h er family also, if some arrangement w ere avoid going into such a painful inqui r y as 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 goin g on with the case, annoyanc e and injury might un doubtedly be caused to the plaintiff, but it could not benmerfi.t James edseefeanid hdanet.w as much obliged to his lord ship for what he had stated, which entirely coin cided with the View he had taken o f th e ma t ter. He and his l earned " 3 friend Mr. Lush had strongly advised Mr. Norton to come to som e arrangemen t pr eve that would althoughrilgoy' b nt the necessity of going int o a public inquiry, but he appear e d d e t erm i ne d t o pro ceed. He thou it right at th e same t i me t o sta t e that at one time Mr. Norton was un al e—. • doubt -Y willing that hi s daughter . should be married to the plaintiff, he subsequently received i i ir n e fo e rm . ation respectin g hi m w hi c h l e d hi m to be 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 defendant, and he was nos prepared with a mass of evidence to justify the course he had taken. The learned judge again intimated his strong opinion that some arrangement ought to be come to between the parties, atid after some conference it was arranged that a juror should be withdrawn, that all the letters that had passed between the parties should be delivered up; that the defendant should withdraw all imputations upon the character of the plaintiff; and that the second plea should be withdrawn. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, April 1. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Hill.) MURDER IN LIVERPOOL. Thomas Donegan was indicted for the wilful murder of James Cassidy, at Liverpool, on the 26th January last. The prisoner was also charged on the coroner's warrant. Mr. Aspinall and Mr. L. Temple were for the , prosecution, and Mr. Little for the defence. On the 26th January (Mr. Aspinall informed the jury in opening) the prisoner was entering the door of a public-house at the corner of Dale-street and Johnson-street, Liverpool. The house had a door in each street, and both communicated with the bar. A man named Heffman (a corn porter) was coming out of the house at the time, and some dis pute having arisen bettveen the two as to the room allowed for each other to pass, a scuffle followed, and several blows were struck. The prisoner suc ceeded in entering, and the noise of the scuffle having attracted the attention of those inside as well as of persons outside the house, a number of people entered by the door in Johnson-street, and a general disturbance, in which the prisoner took a prominent part, took place within the house. The deceased was not there at all, and took no part in the scuffle at any time. After some time the landlord ejected all the people from the house, and Donegan 's father, who was near the spot at this time, seeing the pri soner in a very excited state, thought it best to con duct him home. He took hold of the prisoner by the arm and was leading him away, when Donegan caught sight of Cassidy, who was standing against a wall quietly smoking his pipe, The prisoner ob. viously took Cassidy for one of the persons who had been engaged in the quarrel, as he said, " Are you one of them ?" and though assured by his father that Cassidy had taken no part in the affray, the prisoner nevertheless rushed at him, and struck him in the neck with a knife or some sharp instrument. Cassidy fell, and never rose again. Indeed, he had been wounded so severely that he died almost in stantaneously. The witnesses would give precisely the same version of the case which he (Mr ;Aspinall) had just related, and the only question for the jury would be whether or not anything had occurred between the prisoner and anybody else which could have brought him to that state of hot blood which, under all the circumstances, would reduce the crime from murder to manslaughter. The learned gentle man then called witnesses. The first witness, James Barlow, son of the keeper of the public house, spoke generally to Donegan and Heffman having been drinking in the house on the night mentioned. Heffman (next examined), stated that he was first assailed, on entering the house, by the prisoner, who struck him in the face, and on Heffman returning the blow the barman turned them out. Another witness, named Miller, who was passing the public house a little later, saw Cassidy coming out at a side door in a state of intoxication. He leaned against a wall, and while in this position Donegan came up to him, and after asking--" Are you one of them ?" struck him with a knife on the left side of the neck, saying, " Take that." The blood gushed forth, and death took place almost immediately. John Jones, who was passing at the time, corro the evidence as to Donegan giving the deceased a blow with a knife. The prisoner then ran away ! and Cassidy fell down and died. One of the police officers who assisted to capture Donegan stated that there were about 30 people engaged in the affray within the public-house, and that when apprehended Donegan had a yellow mark, as if from a blow, round one of the eyes. A surgeon from the Northern Dispensary, Liver pool, stated that on examining the body of the deceased he found the jugular vein cut, and that this had caused death. Mr. Littler, for the defence, urged that the case would not warrant a verdict of murder, as there was no evidence of there being in his mind at the time that " malice aforethought," which was essen tial to the crime of m ur d er ; an d that t h e most serious aspect of the ca se wou ld not j ustify a vereuct , more severe than man s l aug ht er. The learned Judge, i n summ i ng up, sta t e d that prima facie all killing was murder, but that if there was evidence of aggravation or quarrelling leading to hot blood, the law, in mercy to man's infirmity, reduced the crime to manslaughter, and it was for the jury to say whether there was such evidence of hot blood in the present case. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and shortly afterwards returned, and acquitted the prisoner of murder, but found him guilty of aggra vated manslaughter. The Judge, after commenting upon the enormity of the offence, sentenced Donegan to penal servi tude for life. ANOTHER TRIAL FOR MURDER. ' Joaquin Francisco, 27, a Brazilian sailor, was indicted for the murder of a Spanish sailor, also named Francisco, on the 17th of March, at Liver pool. Mr. J. B. Aspinall appeared for the prosecution , assisted by Mr. Conway; and Mr. Temple for the .defence. The jury were composed half of Spaniards and half of Englishmen, and the necessity to translate by interpreters the evidence of nearly all the wit nesses (who werre Spanish or Brazilian sailors), greatly protracted the case. e n r a i g a a h t m nameen d t i o F n l e o d r e n a t t i n a e , b n o e a a r r d i t n b g e It appeared th a t th e d ecease d and prisoner were byon tahpe h d o o c u k s e s , kept and that some dispute arose between them in conse quence of some gallantries offered by the prisone r to one of the female servants in the hOuse. The quarrel increased, and the two men went into the street to fight it out. B e f ore , h owever, t h e d eceas ed had time to strike a blow or to place himself on the defensive, the prisoner rushed upon him, and with a knife or some other glittering weapon struck deceased in the neck, causing him •to fall and soon afterwards to die. The prisoner then went away and changed his clothes, but. he was soon'afterward. arrested, and was then observed to pass something to a friend, and afterwards to throw a weapon of some kind into the fire. The fire was not examined immediately, but when it was examined a razor blade was found (the handle having been consumed), and subsequent chemical tests had proved that it had been stained with human blood. As in the previous case, it would be for the jury to decide whether the act of the prisoner was performed in that heat of temper which reduced the crime in law to manslaughter, or whether there was the malice which would justify a commital for murder. Such were the leading facts, to which numerous witnesses deposed. Mr. Temple, for the defence, though he did not deny that the wound inflicted by the prisoner bad caused Francisco's death, argued that the use of the razor by the prisoner was not with the intention of murdering, but merely of wounding and disfiguring the deceased. The learned gentleman dwelt strongly upon the fact, elicited towards the close of the evi dence, that a large carving knife was found upon the person of the deceased, beneath his clothes, after his death, and said that the presumption was that this knife was intended to be used against the de ceased, between whom and the prisoner there must previously have been ill blood. His lordship, in summing up, drew the attention of the jury to similar legal distinction to those he had before noticed. The jury retired, and, after a brief absence, re' turned with a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. The prisoner was sentenced to penal servitude fo r life. , BIRTHS. GORE. —On Good Friday, at Margate, the wife of 10 /I. Gore, Esq., of a son. KEINIBLE.—On the 31st ult., at Bath, the wife of the R eit. Charles Kemble, of a daughter. RICHARDS.—On Ea s t er -d ay, at 4, Porchester-square) the wife of Charles Richards, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. na . 131 1 RAYNHAM—WILLIAMS.—On the 29th ult , at the r-r„g f church, Clapham, Surrey, James, second son of Pr i ; Rayuham of Rectory-grove, to Eleanor, eldest (laugh ° of Mr. T. ' Williams, of North-street. WEST—EMERY.—On the 21st ult., at St. Paul's, Camde n town, Mr. Edwin Francis West, of Clift on, t o Fanny Emery, eldest daughter of Mr. Jocc - ph J a mes Ewell , - Westbury. terrace, Bayswater. DEATHS. Read CHABOT.—On the 29th ult., at C am b erwe ll, J a mes Chabot, Esq., aged 72. COTESWORTIL—On tbo 29th ult., at Cheltenham, Y en.• rietta, daughter of the lat e R o bt . Cotesgrove, Esq.) ' le—. mender, of H.M.'s Packet Service, Falmouth. DAVIS.—On the 30th ult., Captain George Davis, la te of Cheltenham, aged 60. of HownEN.—On the 30th ult., William Howden, Eq. , Great George-street, Westminster, aged 36. HENDERSON.—On the 30th ult., suddenly, at Felderlan d i near Sandwich, Kent, William Henderson, Esq., ag e "' 74. ISE —On the 31st ult., in London, Fanny, widow of the late Rear-Admiral Wise, C. 8., of Hoe-gate House, Ply" mouth, aged 68. -.4 LONDON : Printed and Published by MUF;DO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Otto e, No. 112,Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Coy aity of 111110 1403 Tueaclay, April 2, 1801. ~,