The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10. 1855

QSemple, A., 18th Foot, Nov. 10, 1854.
'Madden, C. D., 20th Foot, 14th Dec., 1854.
Sed lall, J. V.. 33,i Foot', 10th Oct., 1854.
Vt rauch, F. W., :3.lth Foot, 3d Nov., 1854.
Sparko, G. W., :;9th Foot, 3d Nov., 1854.
12,Lica”.1,.1y, R. W., 40th Foot, 15th Sopt., 1354.
Bourke, T., 51st Foot, Bth .A.pri!, 1> :;5.
Macal they, J., 60th Foot, 6th Oct., 1334.
Alder, S., 62d Foot, 3d Nov., 1854.
Randell, H L., 6zd Foot, sth Jan., 1855.
Roe, W. C., 89th Foot, lst Dec., 1834.
Reid, D. A., 90th Foot, 13th Oct. 1854.
Nelson, C. IL, 90th Foot, 27th Oct., 1854.
Frank, P.,9lst Foot, 14th Dec., 1854.
Gordon, ~ 91st Foot, 14th Dec., 1854.
Griffin, M. J., Staff, 22d Sept., 1854.
Ferguson, W., Staff, 22d Sept.' 1854.
Finlay, G. H., Staff, 6th 0ct.'1854.
Longhurst, A. E., Staff, 27th Oct., 1854.
Corbett, A. P. M., Staff, 27th Oct., 1854.
Marston, J. A., Staff, 10th Nov., 1854.
Mines, T. Staff, let Dec., 1854.
• Lynch, W. E., Staff, 14th Dec., 1854.
Sherlock, H., Staff, 15th Dec., 1854.
Corbett, W. H., Staff, 15th Dec., 18%.
Ramsay, W., Staff, 15th Dec., 1851.
Dickerson, S. H., Staff, 23d Dec., 1854.
Hine, D. 8., Staff, sth Jan. 1855.
Skeen, W., Staff, Bth March, 1855.
The appointrnerit of Thomas B. Sumnierfield, Esq., to
be Paymaster for Army Services, to bear date let April,
1855, and not 19th June, 1855, as previously stated.
The third Christian name of Ensign Carnegy, 63d Foot,
is Ogilvy.

COUNTRY ifARKETS.

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DERBY SMITHFIELD.-AUG. 7.

There was but a moderate supply of fat beasts to-day,
with a full attendance of buyers; the demand for beef was
somewhat improved, and a clearance was effected. The
supply of sheep and lambs was fully the avrrage, and rea-
dily disposed of. Fat and store calves plentiful. Fat pigs
IMITIOTOUR.
The fJllowing were the quotations :—Beef, qd to 7d ;
mutton, bid to 7d ; lamb, 7d to lid ; veal, 61 tc 6id per
lb. ; pigs, 9s 3d to 9s 6d per score ;-rough fat, 5. 0 —s
per 141 b. ; hides, 3id to 4d per lb ; calf-skins, 3i Itu 5(1
per lb.

EDINBURGH GRAIN,—Aua. 8.
Total Supply and Sales.
Wheat 9Bl gra ...............sold F 27 qrs
Barley 3BB qrs sold 347 qrs
Oats 5Ol qrs _ . ,sold

Beans 124 qrs sold 7 4901
qrs
qrs
AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER.
Wheat £3 17 6 3-12ths.
Barley
Oats
Beans

THE OAMP AT ALDERSTIOTT.

Some progress is -undoubtedly being made in the

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a -no2ig thc) new fev,tures rejently added traces, how- 1
over slight, of the intention to gi-. c.., to it an experi- i
niental character. Portable huts and tents with
some attempt at ventilation have been erected on
the ridge behind the south lamp, and, though
these innovations have guards mounted on them, ,
and are not so open to inspection as they should
be, they serve to indicate important objects
which Aldershott may be made to subserve.
As yet we have there no cavalry or artillery, no
rifle practice, nor any of that training in the
more advanced branches of military science by
which the real value of such a place must be ul-
timately determined. Thus far, it is merely a
favourable spot for drill and exercise ; and in these
respects the troops are evidently making consider-
able progress. The field days, which take place
twice a-week, afford unmi,takable evidences of
this, and when a larger body of men, representing
every arm of the service, has been brought together
the results achieved will be still more manifest than
they are at present. The huts are being nicely de-
corated, and are assuming by degrees an air of com-
fort which they did not at first possess. Besides
the Bedfordshire Militia a battalion of the Rifles
has been established there since our last notice.
Many of the new kitchens have been finished, and
arrangements are in progress for securing an abun-
dant supply of water stored in tanks. In time the
camp will grow into something worthy of the nation
and useful after a fashion ; but, while civilians
feel confident of the possibility of organising a
new system of operations which might give to our
men such proportionate advantages as they pos-
sessed in the last war, the beaten track is steadily
adhered to, and few and faint are the indications
given of novelties which may compensate for pau-
city of numbers and arm our soldiers with the might
of our superior resources. The summer has passed
away and not a single field gun has appeared on the
heath, nor has anything less harmless than blank
cartridges been fired. Brown Bess has not given way
to the Minie, nor, after the lapse of mouths, is there
any indication of more important results than those
which arise from volunteering. In this respect,
indeed, some good has been done. Colonel Wood's
Regiment of Middlesex Militia have recently con-
tributed 150 men to the regular army, and other
corps have been proportionally liberal and patriotic.
But Aldershott ought surely now to be serving
higher purposes, considering the great outlay of
public money at which it-has been established. It
will be said that, as Rome was not built in a day,
so the camp cannot be expected to develope its full
utility at once. Still the whole arrangements are
assuming so fixed and permanent a form, there is
so little scope left for novelty, for experiment, and,
above all, for experience in those varied emergen-
cies which are constantly occurring in the field,
that one cannot help thinking we are once more
playing at soldiers. The people want to see the
army made a real profession, and their wishes and
anxieties are cheated by an improviSed garrison
town on one of the heaths of Hampshire. Just as
gouty M.P.'s go to the Highlands in autumn, and,
surrounding themselves with every kind of luxury,
fancy that they are a race of Mohawks, so in a
great measure is this Aldershott a delusion. And
what makes the matter worse is that the imposture
is carried on with troops the vast majority of
whom have been raised for home service, and
whose campaigning propensities will never be sub-
jected to a severer test than billeting in the villages
and towns of their native counties. If we are to
have a great camp, costing the nation, one way or
another, nearly a million of money to get it up, for
the sake of common decency and common sense let
it be turned to practical account. Let the men be
taught the full and perfect use of those weapons
•by which battles are fought and won. Let the in-
genuity of the country be challenged to produce
things the best adapted for field use, and exhibit
in the presence of your soldiers and under the eyes
of the public some at least of that mass of invention
find discovery which the select committee of the
Ordnance is either shuffling off in despair or taking
precious months to decide upon at Woolwich, En-
field, Hythe, and Shoeburyness.

THE LATE COLONEL SHADFORTII
OF TEE 57th.

The following letter from the Acting-Strgeant-Major
of the 57th to the widow of Colonel Shadiorth, who was
killed iu the attack on the Redan, on the 18th of June,
affords a most affecting teqtinfony to the esteem with
which the Colonel' was regarded by his regiment, and the
courage with which he led them to the assault :
" Camp before Sebastopol, July 10.
" Madame,—l trust you will pardon me for presuming
to address you while in the midst of such distress, but I
consider it my duty' to convey to you the deep regret of the
non-commissioned officers and mea of the regiment at the
death of our late Colonel. He was our father and friend,
and watched over the regiment and its wants in a manner
that gained for him the adoration of his men; and never
did we see more genuine grief among a body of man than
what was seen in the 57th Regiment for the poor Colonel,
and for the memory of his many acts of kindness,of his
unflinching courage at the head of his own "Die-hards,"
and of his glorious death, will long be a theme in the 57th
Regiment. _

"Such aro the feelings of the men of the regiment.
They have lost their best friend, but I have lost, if possible,
more than any of them, for I never experienced such kind-
ness as ho invariably showed to me and my welfare. He
lost no opportunity in advancing me in my profession, and
not only did he look after my temporal, but my spiritual
welfare, and if ever a man died a Christian he did.
" I spoke to bins a few minutes before he fell ; the last
words I heard him say were, ' Now, Colonel Warre, you
mind the right, I will take the left, and Major Inglis the
centre.' This was said amidst a shower of missiles of every
kind, and he was then as cool and collected as if on parade.
Poor Colonel ! it was the last order I heard him give, and
the last time I saw him alive. He could not have suffered
much from the nature of the wound.
" I would have written to you before, but I did not wish
to intrude upon your grief. If there is any service I can do
for you, or any information I can furnish, I will do so
with pleasure; and Boakes knows that if there is anything
to be done which he cannot properly manage I will give
him all the assistance in my power.

" Iu conclasion, I beg respectfully to assure you of my
best wishes for the welfare of yourself and the young
ladies, and I trust you will not consider me too forward in
thus addressing you.—l remain, Madam, your very hum-
ble servant,

" GEOUGE CUMMING,
"Colour-Sergeant and Acting-Smsgeant-Uajor,
57th Regiateut."

The following letter, from Lieut.-Colonel Warra, of
the 57th Regiment, i 4 dated

" Camp before Sebastopol, June 18.
"My dear Mrs. Shadworth,—l trust the report from
other sources will have prepared you to receive the pain-
ful intelligence it becomes my duty to convey to you.
" \Vheu I look to the sincere regard all the officers end
men of the 57th Regiment felt for our lamented Colonel,
it is with unfeigned grief that I have to inform you that
he is no more. His gallant spirit fled while leading his
men to the unfortunate and unsuccessful attack ou the
Redan this day.

" As a soldier, his 30 years' service in the 57th Regi-
ment has endeared him to officers and men, and the recol-
lection of his devoted attachment• to the regiment has
spread a gloom through our camp, showing h"w beloved
he was in life and how respected in death. His remains
were brought up by unattached men, and they will be in-
terred to-morrow in the cemetery attached to the division,
where our late Colonel Goldie and Lieutenant-General
Cathcart already rest in a soldier's grave.
" Pray accept my deepest sympathy and heartfelt con-
dolence for your irreparable loss, and believe me, your
faithful servant, "HENRY J. WARRE,
Lieutenant-Colonel, 57th Regiment."

Colonel Shadforth seems to have felt some presenti-
ment of his approaching fate, for he took leave Of his
wife and children the night before the assault in the
following terms :

"Before Sebastopol, .Tune 17, 9 p.m.
" My own beloved wife and dearly-beloved children,
at 1 o'clock to-morrow morning I head the 57th to storm
the Redan. It is, as I feel, an awfully perilous moment
to me, but I place myself in the hands of our gracious
God, without whose will a sparrow cannot fall to the
ground. I place my whole trust in him. Should I fall in
the performance of my duty, I fully rPly in the precious
blood of our Saviour, shed for sinners, that I may bo saved
through him. Pardon and forgive me, my beloved ones,
for anything I may have said or done to cause you one
moment's unhappiness. Unto God I commend my body
and soul, which are his • and, should it be his will that I
fall in the performance of my duty, in the defence of my
Queen and country, I most humbly say, `Thy will be done.
God bless you and protect you ; and my hat prayer will
be, that He, of his infinite goodness, may preserve me to
you. God over bless you, my beloved Eliza, and my
dearest children ; and, if we meet not again in this world,
may we all meet in the mansion of our Heavenly Father,
through Jesus Christ. God bless and protect you ; and
ever believe me, your affectionate husband and loving
father, "THOMAS SHADFORTH."

Her Majesty, with that anxious conhideration for those
who have suffered in her service which has always dis-
tinguished her, has already signed a warrant granting a
pension of 2001. a year to Mrs. Shadforth, and has inti-
mated that she will take advantage of any tutus oppor-
tunity which may occur to manifest her appreciation of
Colonel Shadforth's services. Colonel Shadforth had a
hereditary connexion with the 57th, bis father, who was
severely wounded at Alhuera, having served in it for 32
years, and two of his brothers being also officers in the
same regiment.

MUTINY AT LIVERPOOL—On Tuesday morning, as
the Iron Duke steamer, from Dublin, was proceeding up
the Mersey, she perceived a flag of distress flying from
the American ship Ocean Express, and the signal that
there wa,4 flintily on hoard. This being communicated to
the authorities, Superintendent Boyd, with a party of
men, b arded the ship, which was lying off the Rock
Light, outward bound, where they found all hands ;sit-
ting in the forecastle. Two of the ringleaders were ar-
rested and -brought befora the American consul, who
advised the captain to return on board, and ask the other
men again to work, which he did, but they refused, and
the whole of them, 30 in number, were landed on shore
and turned adrift, forfeiting their clothes and outfits ;
the English authorities, owing to the vessel being under
the American flag, not being able to deal with the case.