The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-05 00:00:00

MILITARY.

Orders have been forwarded to the depots of the Bth
Regiment of Foot, serving in Bombay ; 24th ditto, Ben-
gal ; 25th King's Own Borderer', ditto, Madras ; 27th
Enniskillen's, ditto, Bengal ; 43d Monmouthshire Light
Infantry, ditto, Ma,lras ; 52d Light Infantry, ditto,
Bengal ; 60th Royal Rifle Regiment, Ist battalion, ditto,
Bengal ; 86th Royal County Down, ditto, and 87th
Royal Irish Fusiliers (Faugh-a-ballaghs), ditto, under
orders for marching, not to tell off any draughts for the
service companies for the present; the draught for the
12th Lancers from Maidstone will not proceed to India,
the service of the regiment being required in the Crimea.
The detachment of the 10th Hussars, numbering 200
sabres, will proceed from the cavalry depot barracks at
Maidstone to Southampton, at which pert they will em-
bark for the Crimea.
Yesterday morning, at a quarter past ten o'clock,
400 of the Grenadier Guards, 300 of the Coldstreams,
and 300 of the Scots Fusiliers, marched into the parade
in front of the Wellington Barracks, in order to be in-
spected by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c.,
previous to departing to the seat of war in the East.
Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge arrived shortly
after ten o'clock, Prince Albert wearing the tunic or new
dress of the regiment of which he is the colonel.
There was also on the Parade-ground Colonel Wood,
the second in command of the regiment, Quartermaster
Payne, Colonel Thornton, Captain Hutton, brigade
adjutant, John F. Cust, adjutant of the first battalion of
Grenadier Guards, Captain Keppel, of the second bat-
talion of Grenadiers, Lieutenant H. Parnell, of the
Grenadier Guards Captain Quin, Lieutenant Mallett,
Colonel Lewis, eolonel How, the Hon. G. Cadogan,
Lieutenant-Colonel Brnce, Captain Thesiger, the Hon.
A. F. Egerton, Lieutenant 3. Digby, Lieutenant the
Earl of Carrick, Lieutenant the-Viscount Stormont, and
many other distinguished officers. Prince Albert was
received by the troops with full honours the bands
playing "G Save the Queen.'Walk His Royalaccompanied by his suit, e 4 through the ranks and
minutely inspected the men, and expressed 111. DA bation of their apparent efficiency. Duriee• hisig ake'ynie°l
Highness's inspection he suddinencituyirzrcwehiv—oe-td: several in-
valided soldiers, and, having
were, he
seeing
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them
back was informed that they had met with their
the East. His Royal Highness then condatol
poor fellows and expressed his gratitude
back again. By desire of the Prince the troop/in?,
the close of the inspection ordered to march to Buelena:
bane Palace, in order to be reviewed by the Queen, and
having passed under the front archway of the alace
they marched round the bands stationed in the centre of
the court-yard in front of a window occupied by her
Majesty.
Ten ofEcers and 473 men of the 9Gth Regiment arrived
in Dublin on Tuesday from England, eve mate for Tema-
plernore. They are quartered during their stay in Dab.
lua in the Richmond and Island-bridge barracks.
Yesterday great activity prevailed in the Tower in
shipping eaddlery, sabres, lances, pistols, accoutre-
ments, picket-posts, halters, and nosebags, to the seat of
war ; large quantities of the above-mentioned stores were
also sent to Plymouth and Southampton, at which ports
they will be taken charge of by the cavalry detachments
about to proceed to the Crimea.

THE MILITIA.
The Royal North Gloucester Militia, under the com-
mand of Colonel Kingscote, has been stationed at Ciren-
cester for three months since its embodiment. It has
sent to the regulars upwards of 170 men since tho 20th

of November. On Thursday last the regiment was as-
sembled and square formed, when the colonel read Lord
Panmure's circular of the 27th of March. 227 men out
403 wbo had been sworn iu prior to the 12th of May,
1854, were re-attested during that and the two following
days, and received the bounty of 11. each. Notwith-
standing the diminution sustained, the regiment now
musters fully 400 rank and file.
The strength of the Ist Cheshire Regiment, at Chester,
is now 442 of all ranks, exclusive of officers, but of that
number 120 are absentees and deserters. Recruiting for
additional men will commence in a day or two, and it is
expected that several more of those who have accepted
their discharge will be re.attested.
Recruiting still goes on with great vigour at Old-
ham. The 6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia
has now been nearly completed, and is about to be
called out.

The Aberdeenshire Militia is fast assuming a soldier-
like appearance. More than 360 men in all have been
enrolled, but of these some 50 have volunteered into the
line, so that nearly 500 men are wanted to fill up the
complement of the regiment.
The Government have at length authorised the expen-
diture of 1,0001. on the erection of temporary barracks
for the accommodation of the militia regiment of the two
counties of Forfar and Kincardine, in order to relieve
the inhabitants of Montrose of the serious bur len which
has been imposed'upon them for some time past. The
erection will be commenced without delay.

Storehouses for the East Devon Militia are about to
be provided at Exeter, and simi!ar buildings for the De-
von Militia Artillery and the South Devon Militia at
Plymouth and Devonport. The cost of the sites alone
is nearly 4,5001., which was granted at the meeting of
the magistrates at Exeter on Tuesday. Another 4,0001.
will also be required for the buildings.
Nearly 300 men of the Northamptonshire Militia have
left, Dublin for England, for the purpose of being disem-
bodied.

On Saturday last, being muster-day, the Longford
Rifles re-assembled to a man on parade, numbering 440
men of all ranks. The Lieutenant-Colonel (Musters)
said he was glad of the opportunity afforded him (now
that the regiment was completed) of asking the men
whether they intended volunteering into the line, as it
was his orders to write to have an etficer sent down to re-
ceive such ♦olunteers ; he also stated the amount of
bounty each man would receive. Upon this the men
cheered most vociferously, and said they would follow
their officers anywhere, but not unless they were accom-
panied by them. Col. Musters told them he should let the
Government know their wishes, and that he was proud
to :ay that the Longford Rifles were the first corps in
Ireland that had, after completing their numbers, volun-
teered in a body for foreign service, and that, although
it would much inconvenience him leaving this country,
being married, and leaving his property behind him, still
he would lead the Longford Rifles wherever they would
follow.

ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A MANUFACTORY.

SHEFFIELD, Wednesday.—Yesterday (Tuesday) night
the manufactory of Messrs. Crookes, Roberts, and Co.,
the Argus Works, Doctor's-fields, was the scene of an
explosion, not the result of accident, but of design as
malicious as it was cunningly executed. Between half-
past 8 and 9 o'clock in the ov-toning, Mr. Thomas Richard-
son, a nephew of Mr. Roberts, while alone on the pre-
mi-es, heard a smothered explosion at the basement of the
building which shook the edifice to its foundation. The
authors of the mischief had taken care to retire, but
their work was sufficiently apparent. The instrument
used to effect the explosion was a sort of hand grenade,
a very strong steel canister firmly and elaborately bound
together with wire, and having the remnant of a fusee
attached. The size of the canister was 18 inches deep,
and the same in circumference, the capacity being suffi-
cient to hold a very formidable charge of powder. In order
to render the charge as effective as possible, the explo-
sive matter had been deposited in the steel warehouse,
which is on the basement floor. Apparently the vessel
had been tied to the iron stanchions of an unglazed win-
dow at the front of the building. Through this aper-
ture the fusee had projected, so that it could be ignited
at the outside, after the person had deposited the powder
and got safely off the premises. Had the apartment been
a confined one the destruction would undoubtedly have
bs,n very extensive. But fortunately the expanded air
obtained vent at two windows, which are entirely open,
except that there is in each of them a row of upright
iron stanchions, as already intimated. Another outlet
was afforded at the door, which was blown open. Had
this been all the plot would have been a failure. But so
great was the force of the explosion that the wooden
floor of the room above, called " the rough warehouse,"
was lifted up several inches towards one end ; while at
the opposite end, immediately over the canister and
powder, an anvil and stock, weighing about half a ton,
was dislodged and lifted a little out of its place. This
weight, and other heavy object,, helped to keep the floor
in its place. All the goods in this warehouse were thrown
into confused heaps. The doors were forced open or
twisted out of the perpendicular, the door-frames dis-
jointed, and the walls cracked here and there, as though
the foundation bad been shaken by an earthquake. The
window at that end of the room where the floor was
most displaced, was altogether blown out, and the win-
dow at the opposite end, close by the anvil, was shat-
tered, while the centre window remained uninjured.
Still, by reason of the powder not being pent up, there
has been no extensive damage to the building or other
Noperty. How the depredators obtained access to the
premises is not apparent. It is supposed in Sheffield
that this is a trades union affair.

LOSS OP THE BARQUE FLORA.-CONVICTION
OF THE CAPTAIN AND CHIEF MATE.

Advices from Port Elizabeth, dated the 13th of Jan.,
received at Lloyd'F, report the wreck in Alg,oa Bay of
the British barque Flora, 11,,,bin30n, master, with a
cargo of merchandise from London, and the subsequent
conviction of the master and his first mate, Mr. Barns,
before Mr. Alfred Wylde, acting magistrate of the Court
of Admiralty, on a charge of drunkenness and misde-
meanour.

From the evidence given at the investigation by Mr.
John Sully, second officer of the Flora, it appeared that
after the vessel had arrived at Algoa Bay, on Dec. 30,
about 11 a.m., Captain Robinson went on shore, leaving
the chief officer, Mr. Barns, in command. The ship was
riding heavily at two anchors, 20 fathoms on the starboard
chain, and 35 on the port. About 1 p.m. the witness
called up the chief mate from below, and advised him to
give the ship more cable. Barns, who was drunk, per-
sisted, notwithstanding Mr. Sully's earnest caution, in
having the port chain slackened first, by which the strain
became so great on the starboard chain that it parted.
Barns then lit his pipe, and went to bed, having first hid
the signal flag by which alone it could be signalised to
the captain that they had parted anchor and wanted
another. About a quarter before 10 o'clock the vessel
parted from her port anchor and went on shore, where
she struck on a rock. The chief mate then cameon deck,
but did not seem conscious of what he was doing. Mr.
Sully and the seamen managed to sen a warp on shore,
and by means of a cradle seven men and a female servant
were gut safely to the beach. Capt Robinson was hard y
ever sober day or night during the passage. Other wit-
nesses proved that the ship was lost through the negli-
gence of the captain and chief officer in not properly
mooring the vessel, and seeing to the security of her
cables. The weather was nut very bad at the time. No
other vessel in the Lay suffered any dama4e.
The court convicted Capt. Robinson in the penalty of
Si, and sentenced Mr. Barns to one month's imprison-
ment.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 5. 1855.

mind, although it must not be supposed that a cabman
could escape punishment by demanding more than his
leg a fare with a civil tongue. It wes really a pity that
the drivers should persevere so obstinately in their dis-
like to short sixpenny fares, for otherwise they might
have double their present amount of business. People
who wanted to go short. distances would be constantly
using their cabs, if they were not aware of the fact that
a cabman would rather waste a whole day, idling upon
his box, than accept a sixpenny fare. But for this cir-
cumstance, the result of an ignorant prejudice, their
horses might be const tntly and profitably employed, in-
stead of being kept perishing for hours together upon the
crowded stands of the metropolis. Under all the circum-
stances, the defendant must pay a fine of 10s. and the
costs, 2s. 6d.
Both amounts were paid.

Another cabman, named Birmingham, was charged
by Inspector Walsh with obtaining a licence at Scotland-
yard under false pretence—having subscribed to the
ttsual allegation that he had never been convicted of
crime, or had a license granted to him before.

A number of detective officers attended to prove the
falsity of both these declarations, but Mr. Le xis, the
defendant's solicitor, succeeded in upsetting the case on
technical grounds ; and having secured the safe dis-
charge of his client, considerately suggested to the Scot-
land-yard officials a more efficient mode of substantiating
such charges in future.
Mr. Henry remarked that they ought to feel indebted
to Mr. Lewis for his skilful and disinterested suggestion.

MARLBOROUGH-ST RE ET. --Euphrosyne Croissey,
otherwise Madame la Comtesse de Croissey. was brought
before Mr. Bingham on a warrant charged with having
unlawfully assaulted Madeleine Ainuret.

The charge arose out of a statement made the previous
day by the complainant, to the effect that she bad
been inveigled to England by Madame le Cotntesse,
taken to a notorious foreign house in Newman-street,
and disposed of to the keeper thereof for 500 francs ;
that she had immediately afterwards contrived to get
away from the house in question, and bad made such
representations to some friends of the treatment she
had been subjected to as to induce them to advise au
application to a magistrate, which advice having been
taken, Mr. Bingham granted a warrant, which was
executed by Powell, one of the officers of the court.
Mr. Herring was for the complainant, and Mr. Wont-
ner for the defendant.

Mr. Bingham, after very fully investigating the case,
said :---There are a great many circumstances in this
case as disclosed in the evidence which make me doubt
whether I ought to give entire credit to the statement
of the complainant. With this view, and taking into
consideration the diaCrepancies between the evidence of
the complainant and the other witness for the prosecu-
tion, I am of opinion that no jury would convict on
such evidence, and I am bound, therefore, to dismiss the
information.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LINCOLN SPRING MEETING.-TIIESDAY.

The Consolation Scramble of 3 sovs each, with 30 added
About half a mile. 9 subs.
Mr. Cook's Lady of the Lodge, by lago, 3 yrs, sst 91b

- (Ducker) 1
Mr. Wood's Kennyside Hero, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Kendal) 2
Mr. Hill's Dan Cupid, 4 yrs, 6st 81b (Furdham) 3
The following also ran :—Helmet, Haxby, and Twi-
light.

Betting►-5 to 4on Kennyside Hero, 3to 1 agst
Haxby, 4to 1 agst Helmet. Won by a short neck ; a
head between the second and third. Haxby a good
fourth.

The Grand Steeplechase (Handicap) of 10 sovs each,
5 ft if declared, &c. ; the second to save his stake ;
winners extra. About four miles. 12 subs.
Mr. Wailer's Belshazzar, aged, 9„,t 71b ..(W White) 1
Mr. Coates's Massa Mungo, aged, Bst 121 b (T. Hall) 2
Mr, Elmore's Janus, aged, lOst (Green) 3
Mr. Shelley's Star of England, aged, gat 71b (includ-
ing 71b extra)
Betting-6 to 4on Jadlus, 2to 1 agst Star of England.
Won in a canter. Janus, who fell during the race,
walked in third, and Star of England, who refused seve-
ral times, came in last.

The Selling Stakes of 25 sovs each, with 25 added, for
three-yr•olds and upwards ; optional selling weight,
&c. One mile. Five subs.
Mr. Stevenson's Goose, by Van Tromp, 3 yrs, sst 11lb
(301.) (Docker) 1
Mr. J. Dawson's Jack Leeming, aged, Bst 91b (301.)

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(J. Prince) 2
Mr. Hill's Dan Cupid, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (301.) Kendall) 3
Mr. B. Land's Bordeaux, aged, Sst 91b (30l.)
(Land, jun.) 4
Mr. M`Lean's W. (late Richard Primmer,, 5 yrs, Bst
31b (401.)
Betting-3 to lon Jack Leeming, 4to 1 each agst
B )rdeaux and Goose. Won by two lengths; a length
between second and third. The winner was sold for 65
guineas.
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The Two-Year-Old Selling Stakes were won by Mr.
Innian's Napoleon 111., 7st 101 b (401.) (Midgley), beat-
ing Mr. Byrn's Gipsy Girl, 7st 61b (401.) (Barker). Only
these two ran.