The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-25 00:00:00

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child dead. She then said, " You ought to be Yi.-;',-,45 llg4l
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this condition." Elizabeth Joyce replied, " Take. -- .!::-.-7-c,.''
me out, then." The defendErit answered, " BLt r a s
are you fit to go ?'' The object, of course, was to •
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make it appear that the departure of the girl from r
the lodg,inghouse was voluntary. Isabella Ware --rs '
told the magistrate that she then procured n_qnal. '''`' 4
tern of gin from the landlady, whereupon the
young woman who had just been confined dressed
herself, and followed her downstairs into the street
The story she concocted for the benefit of the po-
liceman was, as she contended, entirely in the in-
terest of the plaintiff. That she did not mean to
act with inhumanity, she said, appeared from the
facts of the case. She found the policeman, assisted
the plaintiff into the cab, accompanied her the
hospital, and called there twice afterwards to :leer
how she was getting on.
Strong as these arguments may be, - confess
that we can scarcely see why this wrt '.-_ied girl,
considering the awful condition in wiliel, slic wan
might not have been permitted to rest u_ (lidturbed
until the morning came in the bed .F-,- TrLich her
companion had paid. It would 12:-.----; been sr' 'y
time enough to take her to the hospital wit' "e•turning light. Thus far, howe%,-er, the que' oi.. is
only one which affects the humanity of ind'i -dais;
but what are we to think of the , -blic regtua.' ,12s,
when such a tragedy can occ..r a the ' let of
London? This was not the case of a person . ,o
dies in a brickfield, or under a dry arch, where La
human eye may discern her agony. Her body
was distinctly produced at the parish workhousra
and at the police-station of the district. In or,e
place they would not, in the other they could not,
afford her assistance, although we think in such a
case the police inspector might well have stretched
a point, and either forwarded her to the hospital,
or given her such shelter as the station-house might
afford. No doubt, the persons officially obnoxious
to blame are the porters and midwife of St. Gave(
Workhouse, and we trust they may be made to
smart for their brutality. Nor can we agree with
Mr. Jardine's remark, that "if her own account
of the affair be true, Isabella Ward's conduct ap-
pears to have been reasonah:y humane and proper."
We are dull enough not to perceive the humanity
and propriety of turning a young woman in such a
uoudition out of doors at midnight.
Naval and :Military Intellizence.

Yesterday morning, at Lalt-past II o'clock, Sir C.
Wood, Sir Baldwin Walker, and Rear-Adthiral Eden ar-
rived at the dockyard, Woolwich, and were officially re-
oeived there by Commodore-Superintendent J. Shepherd,
Cal,..nel Ashmore, Commandant of Royal Marines,
and his Adjutant. They went through a general inspec-
tion of the various departments, commencing with ♦isit
to the storehouses, the smithies, and sawmills ; thence
to the Commodore's nian,iosi, in front of which the
whole body of men and boys employed there passed
through the entrance gate for dinner, and were minutely
examined. Thence their lordships proceeded to the
guard-room, where they were received by Mr. Superin-
tendent Mallalieu and the corps of the police force off
duty, under arms. No. 4 building slip was then visited,
and in succession the engine and rigging-houses. Their
lordships were afterwards conducted on board the three
gun-boats, Seagull, Saudfly, and Plover. Thence they
directed their course towards the west-end coal stores,
and the old smithies ; then on board the Princess Alice,
lying in the dry dock for repairs, ou the spare engine
zear-house, o❑ board the Pearl, then through the facto-
ries and boiltr shops, where they remained some time
inspecting the riveting machinery, and afterwards through
the erecting shops, aLd examined the brass foundrize.
From the dockyard they repaired to the Marine Bar-
racks, and inspected the Woolwich division of Light
Infantry stationed there, commanded by Col. Ashmore.
The battalion, consisting of about 200 rank and file,
were formed into four companies, and were paraded in
review order, under the command of Col. Second-Com-
mandant Brown. The recruits, consisting of about 300
line young men, assembled under their drill inspectors,
and among them were a number of volunteers from mi-
litia regiments. Their lordships were received at the
barracks with the usual honours. After minutely in-
specting the battalions and the recruits in line the batta-
lion was formed into companies, and marched past in
slow and quick time. The Admiralty Lords then pro-
ceeded to the men's barrack rooms, with the cleanliness
and good order of which they expressed themselves
highly pleased. They also visited the gnn-drill battery,
the libraries, and the hospital offices, &c.
The Alban, 4, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant-
Commander W. E. Fisher, has again left Sheerness for
the rivers Elbe and Weser and Heligoland, on particu-
lar service.

The Otter, 3, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieut. Com-
mander J. H. Glover, has been taken into No. 1 dry-
dock, Sheerness, for repairs of damage and defects, to
effect which will require from 12 to 14 days.
Yesterday the Chatham sheer hulk, William Hewett,
boatswain, in command, was towed down to Sheerness
irom. Chatham. She was immediately on arrival there
taken into the fitting-basin, for the purpose of pitching
the factory shears, on the north-side of the fitting-basin.
The Volage store-ehip, Master Commander John C.
Hutchings, has had ail her powder, shells, rockets, &c.,
taken out, aad has been made all snug for the winter at
Sheerness. - -
Tile Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Thames, trans-
poit No. 92, etnbailied at S-uthampton yesterday, the
officbrs, troops, &e., previously enumerated in The Sine.
The Thames will sail for the Crimea this morning.
Toe medical staff corps, to the number of 1 steward,
4 assistant stewards, 8 assistant wardmasters, and 147
orderlies, in charge of Steward Win. Evans, late sergeant
• of th39B,h Regiment, and Brevet-Major J. Alitzw ill, 34th
Foot, With 6 womeri and 8 children, left Chatham garri-
son yesterday, for conveyance to Southampton, to •mbark
on board the Royal mail steam-ship Thames for the East.
Captain Romer's company of Artillery, under com-
mand of Lieutenant Carey, has commenced practice at
!,be 10-inch mortar, placed on beds fitted on No. 1 Sea-
ward Bastion, Sheerness, a target being placed off on
the water at 900 yards. The practice hitherto has been
excellent.

The depot of the 94th Regiment, which for some time
past hss been under orders to march from Windsor at a
few hours' notice, received their route from the Horse
Guards yesterday morning. They are directed to pro-
ceed, under the command of Major Buller and Acting-
Adjutant Captain Drew, from the infantry barracks,
Sheet-street, to Plymouth, to-morrow.
140 volunteers from the depot of the 36th Regiment
will leave to-day for Mullingar, Ireland, where they will
join the 62d Regiment, stationed at that place. The
remaining, portion of the 36th depot will continue to do
garrison duty at Windsor until further orders.
A part of the 22d Regiment is expected to arrive from
Plymouth in the course of a few days.

The following appointments, made at the Admiralty
yesterday, appeared in our late edition last night :

COMMANDER.
W. R. Rolland to the Ex south.
MAt-TERa.
P. C. Allen to the St. Vincent.
Francis Hale to the Hogue.

PAYMASTERS.
F. W. S. Nearne to the Sampson.
James H. Jackson to the Fisgard.
John Donald to the Hecla.
H. W. V. Warrington to the Polyphemus.
SURGEONS.
John M'Whinnic to the Sampson.
George Everett to the Polyphemus.
Henry Piers to the Arachne.
Mark Hamilton to the Hecla.

THE MILITIA.
The 2d Derby Militia (Chatsworth Rifles) now on
permanent duty at Chesterfield, were reviewed on Tues.
day last by General Arbuthnott, who expressed his entire
satisfaction to Colonel Cavendish, the commandant, at
the sate of efficiency of the regiment and the way in
which they had performed their evolutions. The regi,
ment has only been embodied about three months, and
the gallant General declared it to be Et for any service
in the line. General Arbutbnott. after wards inspected
the hospital and t.torFs and clothing fir the with
which he expreAsed himself fully satisfied. men, with