Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-29 00:00:00

MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

On Thursday the mole or the men of the 7th
Hussars and draughts from various regiments,
to the number in all of 654, with 30' officers, embarked
from Tilbury on board the celebrated clipper Lightning.
Tha men seemed, one and all, in splendid condition and
high spirits, and were bi I adieu to with the usual accom-
paniments of cheers and tears, all more or less hearty,
Every preparation had been made for their reception on
board the Lightning, but, in spite of all, the proverbial
hurry, worry, and confusion of a troop-ship were presented
in their most prominent form. Toe men were collected on
deck for a long time, while the muster-roll Was called
over, after which tedious but highly necessary p-eliminary
they began to settle down, thou ;la an in,xperieneed person
would be slow to perceive that their exertions had any such
tranquilizing result in view. What with armotirersr boxt.s,
carbine racks, met,'s tins, kits, and general evipseents,
ship's stores, and crowds of men, the Babel seemed hop--
less, to the last degree. Oaly the hearty good humour and
"with-a-will" disposition which pervaded .all on board,
both troops and crew, could ever contend with
such a military chaos as existed on board the L'ehtnine.
Nor was it a whit, beamr in the gorge-us saloons allotted
to the officers. • There it' seemed an interminable
succession ofluucheons and heavy packages. with a supple-
mentary nielengs of telegraph Itrys with list messag .s, army
tailors fighting for realizable prepositions, visitors, garrison
officials, officers and their relatives and friends. The
amount of equipment in the way of furniture which
officers brought on board and which, as a matter
of course, they found totally useless, and only
lumber in their cabin, was something astounding. is
there no retired Indian eficer of experience who will
publish a little hook pointing out what officers really do
require when going to India? He would be a benefactor
to the army. As it was uncertain what time the vssol wont()
reslly start, of course the applications from ardent sub, fit
24' hones' leave were rather numerous, bet they were
finally put an end to by inetruenens that the Lizh'ning
should get under way by 7 o'clock that evening.
This she accordingly did, and was towed down the
river by the Resolute, one of the two tugs tocently
built at Liverpool, and the largest and moat po•verfal ever
yet constructed. To the last hour of the Lightning's
stay routine was triumphant, and the number of documents
which the officers had to sign aud,lthe number of signatures
necessary to each document were something quite mar-
vellous. Some there were by no means hell to eo:press
their opinion of the' annoyance, as fresh applications for
their• autographs in ten or twelve fresh places came in
each moment. No one for a minute snprieses that the
troops will not get amunition en their arrival Tet a
large quantity is sent in each troopshin, thoneh the practice
is gravely objected to by our most experienced naval end
military officers. But it has been the custom and is so per-
severed' In, and it has not been the custom yet to give the
men their light clothing till their arlival in India, and that
is persevered in too, though each day shows the necessity
for reversing the rules. The troopships new take a quantity
of powder which they don't want and which, of course,
risks their ever arriving in India at all, and they leave
behind the light clothing, which they are far from certain
of gett;ng is India, though they are quite certain tint
without it the men will be utterly helpless when they do
arrive. This is certainly a fair specimen of "routine.''
For the rest the troops are most c,mfortahle on board,
and, if we may julge cf the following dietry, ought to
arrrive at their destination in good condition :
sCALE OF' VICTUALLING FOR TROOPS TO INDIA. FORA MISS

OF VX MEN.

For two days.—Beef, 12 1b; flour, 5 lb; suet, 1 lb.
For one day.—Preserved meet, 4.-4 lb; rice, 3 lb.
For three deys.—Pork, 18 lb ; peas, 6 pints, preserved
potatoes, 21b 4 oz.
For one day.—Flour, 5 ; suet, el lb; plums: Ilb 11 ez,
For seven days.—Ground pepper, It oz ; mustard, lb ;
biscuit, unlimited in quantity ; salt butter, 11 lb; tea, 1 lb ;
sugar, 91b; vinegar, 3 pints; porter, 42 pints;. picklEs, 21
pints; lime jtfce, 21 oz.
The annual inspection of the 3rd Battalion of Grenadier
Guards, took place in the Home Park, Win. sor, on Thurs-
day morning, by Major General Lord Rokeby. The regi-
ment received the General at the Sheet-street berraess,
with the usual honours, and at ten o'clock ma. ched through
the town to the park, with the General and Celine' Lam-
bert at their held. When they arrived on the ground they
formed open column, advanced, and changed front to the
right, formed qutrter_distance c aumn, threw out skir-
mishers, advanced, retired, formed square, and other move-
ments. The regiment then m Jelled past in slow time, after
which Lord'Rokeby addressedeolonel Lambert,and expressed
himself highly gratified with the appearatace and discipline
of the regiment.
The depot companies'of the 19th Regiment, consisting
of three officers end 100 men of all ranks, and the depot of
the 20 h Regiment, numbering nine officers and 120 men,
have left Chichester and Parkhurst, and procee led to
Chatham for the purpose of joining the Provisional Batta-
lion. The depot of the Ist Royals, from Ireland, hass also
received orders to proceed to Chatham.
The Fort Major of Edinburgh Castle. Mr.
Cruickshank, died on Saturday more inga last, and was
buried on Wednesday, with military hononre. The tuneral
equipage consisted of the let battalion of the R fie Brigade,.
the s,th Dragoon Guards, a company of Royal Arillery, and
the numerous recruiting parties of the district,. The cot +a
was conveyed to the cemetery on a gun carriage drawn by
siz, black horses, and a firing mete, of 120 men was contri-
buted by the Rifle Brigade. Th:t mournful procession at-
tracted an immense number of spectators as it passed along
the streets. The deceased was barn at Forres, in Moray-
shire, on the let January, 1781, and entered the army as
a private soldier in the 79th Highlanders in May, 1805. He
served in that regiment at the siege and capture of Copen-
hagen and of the littlish fleet under the late Earl C ith-
cart, and subsequently under Sir John Moore in Portugal,
and in the advance into Spain, and retreat on Corinna.
He served with the Walchere,n expedition,in 1809', and was
present at the siege teal capture of nulling. He was
afterwards present at the b tittles of Busaeo, Fuentes
d'Onoro (where he was taken prisoner or war, bat
subsequently escaped), the siege of Bedejos, the battles of
the Nive and Nivelle, and the blockade of Bayonne.
He was wounded flit the battle of Touleuse in 18,14,
and in the following year was at the battles of Q tatre
Brie and Waterloo. He rose in his regiment to the
rank of Quertermaster, retiring in 1849, aid his
lengthened and distinguished servicee were in 1851
rewarded by his appointment to the honorary office of
Fort Major of E liaburgh Cadge, the appointment: having
been conferred by the Duke of Welliegton on the recom-
mendation of Lard P ttunure, who was for some years an
officer in the same gallant regiment-
The Chesapeake, 51, screw steam-frigate. Commodore
R. B. Watson, CAI, having been mile ready for sea at
Chatham, has been ordered. to proceed to Portsmouth,
where she will cemplete her crew and sail for India, at
which station she will be the flevehip.
Captain. D Robinson, 72nd Highlaneters, embarked on
board the Metilia Atheling, eailiug transport, Captain
Coppell, on. Thursday, far Banebey.
The Khersonese and.the Queen of the South embark
their respective allotments of troops at 3 p.m. this day at
Portsreoetla
Her Majesty's serew steam-ship Orion, 91, Captain
E. Erskine, eighteen days frora Halifax ; the
brigantine Dart, tender to the C? stet., from the Cape
of Good Hope, May 27 ; and the Pet avian
screw steam-ship. Amazonas, Captain Joseph Boterin,
from Calcutta July 19, for Loader,. arrived in Plymouth
Sound on Taursday. Oa the 19:h of August, in tat.
49 32 N., long. 14 39, the Dart spoke the barque
Halt house, 132 days from Calcutta for Liverpool.
We are requested to cerreet the statement that Colonel
A. H. Horsford, C. 8., had proceeded overland to join his
regiment in India. It. sheuld have been Colonel R.
Ihsesford, C. 8., Bengal Artillery, Colonel A. H. H irsfor.l,
C. 8., Rifle Brigade, having etnharked with the head-
querers of his regiment. on board the Sutlej, direct for
Calcutta, about a month age.

A datuttAw MEMORIAL.,--A.mong the aristocracy who
perhhed during the war with Russia was a son of the
Dune of Sutherland. In the private gallery of the church
of Trentham, Stafforlshire, the following tribute is devoted
to the memory of the young officer :—ln memory of
Frederick G. S. Leyfaota Gower, second son of George and
Harriet, Duke 'and D.t,chess of Sutherland, hem Nov. 11,
1832, died on the waters of Sehast,uol, 6th Oet,ber, 1854,
on board the P,ell'erophon, where the kindness of its
captain, Lerd George Paulet, caused him to be :womb
in tie extremity of vtryakness from fatal fever. Tnis re-
cur i of las blameless lite, of a heart full of aUetion, of
hardAiip enzluntertiti with patience, of suff :ring borne
without a murmur, of death met with resignation in Ile
path ,pisointed, is placed here by his parents. His body
was consigned to the deep. Love fol.nws him--peace be
with him. "Blessed are the dead wl'o die in the Lord."
Stamt•:vizatte A. MiLtnasta.s I—Tile name " `Villiam
Shak,rdeare" occurs in a certificate of the names and
arms of trained voldiers—trainei militia we should now
cell them—in the hundred of Bartichw.y, in the corny
,rof Warwick—tinier the hand of Sir Folk G eville
and Thomas Spencer. Was our Willism :qa‘iltspeare a
8 ?lain' ? Why not ? Janson was a soldier an I had slain
his men. D tune had served is the I.,,i‘v Countries.
Why not Sh-tkspeare in arms ? &t all events, here is a
field for inquiry and speculation. The date is -ep'etnber
23, 1605, the year of the Gunfam ler Pint; and the lists
were possibly prepared brou4h instructions issa :d by
(C" .Fcirli‘jui in tcoonierquie)hniclei 1)
etS:sdncerYo'tt),in fSAirr:n aliovrnmals Gtroe ' itihiee
working of the plot in Warkvickshire—the prono,,el
t head quarters of the insurrecdon.—State Papers, edited
by Mary Anne Everett Green.

THE ENGLISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC

TELEGRA.PiI COMPANY.

An extraordinary general meetirg of the proprietors of
the above company wee yesterday Ci/hreied at the Claren-
don Rooms, Ssurtt John-street. It the absence of the
eheirman and deputy-chairman, Mr. Crosby, the chairman
of the neartagieg committee, was called upon to preside.
Tee business was commenced by the secretary reading
the following adveniserneot convening the meeting:—
The Engish and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company
(Limited.)—Notice is hereby giv,,n, that an extraordinary
general meeting of the proprietors of the Enelish and Irish
M igm tie Telegraph Company (feintitcd) will be held in
the Carendon ReP3MT, South John-street, Livervol, on
Friday, the 28 Ii instant, at one o'clock in the afternoon,
at which tainting a spesiel resolution w,ll be n-opesed that
the sa;cl company be wound up voluntarily under the rro-
visions of the Join -Seoek Companies Acts, 1856-57--
By order of the board. Yeleard R. Bright, secretary.
Liverpool, August 15, 1857."
The CHAIRMAN then brittle, at nonuce the abject 9f the
meeting, wSich was ts, p :ss a resolution for %Ming up
the affairs of the company, as, ro tired by the act of par-
liamsnt that had joist been pre ea. That was he only
business that would las trensacted at that rateting, bet he
should be happy ta give them s.:iitte s tatemenss with regard
to the presets they had made daring; the past half-year,
from which they would see that they -were progressing very
favourably and were prosperous.
Mr. PARKER then moved, and Mr., Jones seconded,*
formal reselution to the saute effect as tile announcement
which bad caned the tneetinAr together.
In reply to Mr. J. D. Horeb y
The CHAIRMAN said there.woeild be a further opportunity
for the shireholders to corse.ider the select of the winding
up the affairs of the computit as another meeting would
be coavened in about thirty, ,deer's, but by adopting the
present resolution, th, y w, re or.iy carrying out legally that,
which they had one previous. °eras ion agreed to do.
Mi..- HORNET then briefly addressea' the meeting, giviegt it
as his epinioe, that he d d not thi %'t the a inpting of tIA
res.'rlu'i ru V,13!1d be for the interest ot the prrties eseeerned,
but would be the cause of iricerrimg Ws:getter-land &pates.
Ii c isefisietl by moving as an amenalca ear, that the meet-
ing should then aej.imn.
This was isecoedel by Mr. R. I'S‘CONLL.
After a few explereitaey remarks,. the amendment was
pot to- the meeting and net; t'ired by a 1,1 -g,e insjority, and'
the oeieinal resolution was (1.-clarci,i cam' 1.

The Gi&rinan said he would then give Ahern same little
inflritlajon as to t.,ei,.p,oceeding.s f-n the ,tiist sim-monthe.
Our ice Ane fOr the first ,liret mooths, it the- 31st of
March last was, £15,200, and +;)e etperr,i 'tare f. 4 the
the
time, was £3,800, thereby 7.,-,nviog a nett pofit of
.1.:6,400 for the next :11-ee mo.n th 3, eniiinfr
the 3;th of Jane, the ic•roazte wa :r9,230;
the exp,nliture was g a uett
profit of E 8,870. F:,- the wl:o'e six -month; their total
income was £34,000, !heir expendo ore- £lB',ool,
a profit of £15.310, w rich li.a l enable them, to pay a
dividetld of s.per c nt., and still l,,t.t.ve them a
,good aura
io hand. He also steed hat • here hul •••en a consiler-
ahle saving effected in the workieiT experses sine 3
amalgamation of the two lines, a ,d,, witotow vvi sliqig to
pledge ?lirns-Af, he ,s,ated it .is his opi,gion tltat tin 'y wrnl4
be enabl.,d to pay a lager ht tbay
had no rebson to, be cli,satisfieLl evitli the prospern of the
company in its Fesent stare.
Tole eJneu,;el toe iyisiness, 4od. after a• vote., of. thinkz
to the ehairaum, the ale,3tiog

BRITISH ATICH.X. 3 LOGI .1.1. L ASSO-CIATIG

Nonwicti, Thursday.—Y•s'e-lty this associltiort left
Norwicn on an excursion to Lvuo, 1,4 - porDose of

examining; the ancient churches in the town. and inspect-
ing the corporal inn record=, and they afterwards proceeded.
in carriages to visit Castle fleeing, in the neighbourhood,
of the town, and returned in tee evening,. after a long and
sonewhat fatiguing day. The proceeding.* we regret to
say, were demped by a sad aecident which Occurred at
Castle Rising to Mr. Bulwer, a.gentlemateltighly respected
in the neighbourhood. Just aa the party: were approach-
ing the old castle, and at a turn of the road. they were
met by Sir W. Ffookes, an old friend of Mr. littilwer's.
That gentl.en.n wile was seateel on the roof i,f. the coach, _
in rising to greet his friend slipped his foot, and the coach
happming to give a su !deo. lurch at theeeatneeime, the
unfortunate gattlennan wasetemwe wit It great violen,,e to
the groend, fracturing his lege= 1 int' :et ieg a sever e wound
on his forehead. Mr. Pettigrew, wno hetLgone•on before
to the castle, was sent fur, and Mr. Feeth • was also 1131--
roediately on the spot- Mr, Bulwer was raised bona the
grountl, when it was fouedelett in addit len eo the injuries
named, he was terriely bruised, and the blood. was pour, laic
from the wounds in his, head. He was takee to the:
nearest hotel, not far frcriat where the accident occurred,
and at once put to. bed, and his, leg, set. We-
are, glad to say that no. immediately dangerous tea ults
are feared from the accident, but it is nut expected tlet at her
will be able to leave his room for three or. four weeks . Mr.
recut rev/ rune] a paper, mating lust tee ensue W21.e.• anode
four miles uorth-eist of Lye n. In tracieg:its early hi sto-y,
they learnt that the Conqueror bestowed arious
possessions upon his hals:-brot her Odo, whoSoieeibe I then
by rebellion ace:else William Belle,. and. else y were
transferred to Will,,earn d'Albini, whose son. erect' te I this
castle, which wae. consecptently of Norman. fate illation.
Albini was afterwards. Earl of Arundel and Stec sey, and.
married a daughter of Henry 1. In 1:24a, the cast le pesseCe
to the co-heirs of de Warren and Surrey, and on re,
partition of the estateishment fell to-Robert de ',dented ire:
right of his wife. 13e, vat ions hands, passed t. hrough the
family of the Duke• of Norfolk, and now beige .ged to the-
Hon. Mary Howard, widow of C tlouel Greartf ie H,tward-
Tne date of the castle was uncertain,- but Mr- 'Harrod htd
conjectured it to. be the work of the same at 'chitect woo
erected Noevsich Castle, and consequently t he period .of
erection would be about the same time. At one time the
castle was in the possession of ". the she welt: of Prence,"-
" Isabella Q-aeen Dowager of England'; and here, by
some chroniclers, her imprisonment and death had bees
fixed. It had, however, b.reu setisfeei.orry . ascertained
that the death of the , princess took- pi ace at Etrtford,
August (..a, 1356, and she:was -heeled in tele choir of Grey
Friars„ now Ciwiszehureh, the Archbish op of Canterbury^
officiating, and the King himself being present. at the ce-
remony. The castle was built in a circular space,
closed .by a dank and ditch. The destruction of the castles,:
most have been rapidly effected,forin the time of aiwarde.-,'
IV, it was reported there never were a house lathe b.:at:feet
able be keep out the rain, water, wind, or snow. Willa/
the destruction of the walls the whole area of the circuleatt
work was buried several feet deep, and Colonel Howat4.
removed many thousands of lo.tds to level the earth about
the great tower to the baste line of the building. htf
Black cave an interesting account of the records of ties
corporation. of Lynn, stating that they consisted, fo.2ehe
most part, of a series of transactions of the torpor, ion,
extendne from the early part of Elward IL. ; and. acme of
trheettaairwkesaw•eowtreixttteuirieuapr)odn
flansoninegsusl Y
,arly ear:
which appear 'ed to have
papr of a very
been imported in o Eegland at that period. Mr. Black
explained that it was customary, in earlier times, to
prepare.* simile charters relating to the a sins town, to
be placed iti the differeat hadies ; and the great tharf er
it elf consisted of an ,:norrneus number of -rac simile dor tu-
ments, all original, which were sent to every corpse ate
.own in the kingdom.

Tun TIPPEAARY BANK.—The estates of Mr. *Vincent
Senily, whose unfortunate connEetion with ' ine T ippera7y
B.,nk has tuvol,e,l him in a see, of li,i4atio n, at to ha
sold in the Encumbered Estates Court in Noyember
next. Tile property lies Le the counties of Tipperary
and Cork, and comprise in tha gross 3,166: aer es, yielding
a net rent of £2,100 a year.

NARROW FSCAPE of CArrAIN PASLEY 314 X , TEN OFFI-
CERS I_ND MEN OF ILYI..S. ATALAN rA.--13yr a cOMMUI:i.-
cation received frem one of the officers of this ship, we
1-arn that on the 25th of July last Capital:: , M. S. Pasley,
with seven officers and three men, whilst; rounding Cape
Charles (Nevvfoandland),. in the ship's,ma er, was c ipsizA
in a squill. Seven of the number maws/ ed to re ieli the
share, th.tugh entirely exhausted—in I :et, almost gone ;
the captain had to be dragged on share - apparently lifeless,
but we were glad to learn re-anierat'ar et was speedily re-
stored. The other four reinained by the boat, and were
taken off just as she was sicking in twenty-five fathoms
pesisrinugraited
of water. One of the number (a Ws' val cadet) was piAed
up, hands and feet together, unkter water ; he had sunk
twice. mid was g wirg do.vu for- blk e last time, when he
wAs cin4tit hold or by a baat-hoe k, 1
Ins 01 the proper
means being adopted—after MI ire' eryal f
~ forty minutes—
he revive], arid was then &Aug Weil. Had the accident
happened two minutes later,
been save?, as they would tb.u.a have been. end, ely out
of sight, rind in a heavy 5,a,.,
A "HAPPY FAMILY."—Not'-thnt the Ifey:herts were poor,
no se could possibly have
in any o her empire but the Be.-itish they would have passed
tlie.: lost in ready money,
for opial,nt. Bat they counted Cicir ch,ildren as the Jews
count their oranges, thirteen. to the dozen ; and accordiopt,
te the Fe oat dieeim tonebing our prolific nation, "Es
si-emed to gain in at-,een4lancy. Not one of
the thirteen olive branches eee-rounding the table of
Ind exhanstieg its
rttinaceieilusat‘,l
teilit.lenfants.." . That
Weald Fore,t, resAirws, was remarkable
for beauty, talent, or amiah'iltv. Moderate abilities,
moderate good looks, tva,i
tempers rather the reverse of
maderite, forme the pi„,,
d ---.taceristies of the r ;cf. Litt
when these were 'brong,ht, to bear, in tha aggregate, on
to ked peopll down, the six young men knocked peaple
up, and by pulling together iu eve. y public catastrophe,
poled eao,l
and a other through. No obstacle availed against
events, any c:arried weight. The seven girls
peretverance. If idefeated, they turned' aniky,
and' cen'ainaiion of half a &zoo sullen faces. annuli's
. to the blackness of a thunder cloul.—The Two Aristwrat
(Mrs, Gort) . .