The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-25 00:00:00

THE COURT.

OSBORNE, July 23.—The Queen, attended by the
Countess of Desart and Major-General the Hon. C.
Grey, cruised in the royal yacht, Fairy, yesterday after-
noon. Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince and
Princess of Prussia, and Princess Alice, drive to Vent-
nor, and returned by the Undercliff and Shanklin to
Osborne. Major-General Windham arrived from Lon-
don yesterday, and remains on a visit to her Majesty.

MILITIA MUTINY AT NENAGH.—From accounts received
in Dublin on Tuesday morning, we learn that the court
martial on the mutinous soldiers of the North Tipperary
Militia terminated on Monday evening, when fonr of the
mutineers were found guilty, and sentenced to death ; and
the court ordered two more to be handed over for trial by
the civil authorities. The finding of the court was imme-
diately forwarded to General Sir J. C. Chatterton, corn-
manding the district, who at once transmitted it to the
Commander-in-Chief, to be again submitted to the Queen,
for her Majesty's final decision.

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY.
—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on
Wednesday, at the Palatine Hotel, Manchester. Resolu_
tions were passed, fixing the amount of dividend to be paid
for the half-year ending 30th of June next, as follows :
6 per cent per annum on the six per cent preference shares,
31- per cent on the three and a quarter per cent preference
stock, and 5s for every £lOO of original stock. The Chair-
man moved that a stock be created, to be called " de-
benture stock," to the amount of £2,370,000, for the
extinctiou of a corresponding amount of debenture bonds
now existing. This was seconded and agreed to, and the
meeting terminated.

Tux CRIMEAN MILITARY COMMISSION.—The report of
the military commissioners appointed to enquire, touch-
ing certain allegations contained in the report made by
Sir John M'Niell and Colonel Tulloch, has just been
laid before parliament. The Globe of last night reviews
some of the leading features of the report of the milit-
ary commissioners who, it will be remembered, held
their sittings at Chelsea Hospital. By their report, the
Earl of Lucan is absolved from all censure, as regards
the losses of the cavalry. No blame is attached to Sir
Richard Airey or the Quartermaster-General's Depart-
ment, for the lamentable condition of the army. The case
of Commissary-General Filder, is elaborately detailed,
and that officer is exonerated ; but Sir Charles Trevylyan,
of the treasury; is charged with having made inefficient
commissariat arrangements.

LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY.—A meet-
ing of the London and Brighton and South Coast
Railway Company, was held yesterday, at the Bridge
House Hotel, Southwark; Leo Schncter, Esq., in the
chair. On moving the adoption of the report, the
chairman observed that with regard to the capital
account, it would be seen that the directors proposed to
ask for powers to convert the mortgage debt into deben-
ture stock, blaring interest not exceeding 4 per cent per
annum, and for this they had parliamentary authority.
They also proposed to take the option of converting it
into ordinary stock of this company. Since, however,
the report had been published, the directors had given
the matter further consideration, and they did not pro-
pose to proceed with the option for raising the whole of
the money. They had still £15,000 at their disposal,
and their capital account might be said to be all but
closed, as they had no works of importance on the line.
The revenue had increased throughout the whole of
their system in the branches, and on the main line.
Should they be blessed with a good harvest, and a reduc-
tion of taxation, he had no doubt there would be a further
increase. There had been an increase on the ordinary ex-
penditure of 4,0001, and on the renewals, of 11,0001. It
was clear that from year to year they must expend a cer-
tain sum for renewals, which ought to be taken from the
accruing revenue, and not from the reserve fund. He
must admit that they had gone beyond a fair amount of
expenditure during the last six mouths, but the whole
of the renewals would be finished within twelve months.
A slight conversation took place as to the propriety of
carrying out the agreement with the West End and
Crystal Palace Railway Company. Under these circum-
stances, that company had given notice to this company,
that the line would be completed from the Crystal
Palace to Wandsworth common (a terra incognita), at an
early period, it being contended that no notices had been
given to the landholders, and that it was impossible to
pay its working expenses until means were taken with a
view to that object. Resolutions, carrying out the
recommendation contained in the report, were carried
unanimously. A dividend of 2-1 per cent was declared.

THE CAMP AT ALDERSIIOTT.—The military enquiry
into the causes which led to the dangerous quarrel
between the 2nd German Jagers and the men of the 41st
and 93rd Regiments terminated on Tuesday at Aldershott.
The decision at which the court arrived is, therefore, still
unknown. We are glad, however, to hear, that the Ger
man officers, taking into consideration that such another
outbreak could not occur again, and that it was the wish
to conciliate the English troops as much as possible,
refrained from bringing any charges against the regiments
from which the men of their own corps had sustained
such serious injuries. The good sense and good feeling
of this course mast be obvious to our readers, and
we are informed by many English officers who witnessed
the affray that, had the Germans pressed the charges,
the military board must have severely censured the
conduct of several of the English corps concerned in it
This conciliatory plan has also produced a very good
effect in camp, and without at all acknowledging o 1
whose side lay the fault 6f beginning the disturbance,
the English are quite willing to admit their regret that
when it had begun they pushed their victory over the
Germans too far, and committed many acts of unjustifi-
able violence and even cruelty. When one side thus
forgave an injury and the other regretted it, the best
thing that can be done is to let the whole matter
rest as it is, and the witnesses before the mili-
tary board appeared quite of this opinion. The
wounded Germans " declined " to recognise any of the
English soldiers under arrest for assaulting them, while
the English on the other hand " could not say" who was
in the wrong, or at most that both parties were equally
so. The enquiry, therefore, soon ended, but as we have
said, its decision will not be made known till early next
week. The investigation of the board of enquiry elicited
beyond all doubt that the affray was begun between a
German and a man of the 93rd, set together by the ears
by one of the abandoned women who now infest the
country round Aldershott. There was nothing to surprise
in the affray having such an origin ; on the contrary, it
was just what might have been expected from a crowd
of drunken soldiers, English and German, mixed up
with many of the lowest and most degraded of prostitutes.
We merely mention the circumstance, in order that our
readers may know the kind of discipline which is
tolerated among the troops at Aldershott. All round the
camp, the worst and vilest of a bad class of women
abound. Everywhere are they to be met either squatting
like gipsies in the fir woods round about Aldershott,
staggering drunk along the roads with the soldiers, or,
worse than all, crowding the regimental canteens.