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Naval and Military Intelligence.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
TUESDAY.

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master additional, to the Colossus ; G. M. M. J
assistant paymaster, to the Curagoa ; V
E. Boxer, clerk, to the Curagoa ; S. H. Scroggs,
clerk, to the Dauntless ; and John If. Evans, assist.
clerk, to the Curagoa.

THE SULTAN'S VISIT TO EGYPT.

THE NAVY.
Rear-Admiral R. Smart, K.H., has been appointed
Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, vice
Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8., whose period of
service has expired.
VALETTA, April 16.--The naval Commander-in-
Chief has telegraphed to Corfu for her Majesty's
screw line-of-battle ship Edgar, 89, Capt. the Hon.
F. A. Foley (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral S. C.
Decree, C. 8.), to come to Malta, and she is now on
her vrly here. Admiral Dacres will proceed in this
vessel to Spithead, to take the command of the
Channel Squadron. The Trafalgar, 70, Capt. the
Hon. T. Baillie, and the Shannon, 35, Capt. 0, J.
Jones, are also on their way from Corfu to Malta.
The former is hourly expected. The Phcebe, 35,
Capt. T. Fortescue, has left Corfu for Ancona, hav-
ing on board the Hon, Mr, Elliot, British Envoy Ex-
traordinary to Greece, who is on his return to Eng-
land. On landing Mr. Elliot at Ancona, she will
proceed to Beyrout, to relieve the Malacca, 17, Capt.
G. Napier, which has been ordered to Malta. The
Chanticleer, 17, Commander C. Stirling, has also left
Corfu for Beyrout, to replace the Wanderer, 4, Com-
mander M. C. Seymour, which was last heard from
at Smyrna. This place she was to leave for Malta
after the Easter holidays. The Liffey, 39, Capt. G.
Parker, the Pelican, 17, Commander P . Brock, and
the Foxhound, 4, Commarder the Hon. A. Hobart,
were at the Piraeus. Commander W. H. Anderson
(brother of Col. Anderson, commanding the 2d bat-
talion 22d Regiment, in this garrison), has been ap-
pointed to command the Foxhound instead of Com-
mander Hobart, promoted. The Queen, 74, Capt.
C. F. Hillyar, leaves to-day for the Piraeus, to re-
lieve the Liffey, ordered to Corfu. The Marlborough,
131, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., returned to Malta
on the 11th inst. from a cruise in the lonian Islands
and Sicily, and rehoisted the flag of the V ice. A-
dmiral Commander-in-Chief, Sir W. F. Martin,
K.C.B. It had been borne in her absence by the
Queen. Rear-Admiral Smart, K.H.,the future
Commander-in-Chief on this station, will on arrival
here in the Revenge, 73, Capt. C. Fellowes, transfer
his flag to the Marlborough, and Admiral Martin
and suite go home in the Revenge. The Caradoc,
2, despatch vessel, Lieut. Wilkinson, having com-
pleted her fittings in the Malta dockyard has re-
ceived orders to leave for Corfu, to take the Lord
High Commissioner, Sir Henry Storks, on his usual
annual visit to the Southern Islands. A mail was
made up for her yesterday, but her departure has
been retarded by the state of the weather, which
has been almost unprecedently violent for this sea-
son. The St. George, 84, Commander E. H. Ray
(temporary); the M tgicienne, 16, and the Icarus,
11, Commander U. Salmon, are in port awaiting
orders. Capt.W. Armytage appointed to command
the Magicienne, vice his Serene Highness the Prince
of Leiningen, appointed to the command of the
Royal yacht, is expected out here by the packet
which left Southampton on the 12th inst. Com-
mander Salmon received a few days ago a gold me-
dal and riband from the Honduras Government, as
an acknowledgment of the service in capturing the
fillibuster Walker when the Icarus was on the West
Indian station. Her Majesty's gunboat Cockatrice,
Lieut.-Commander M. Gillson, has been ordered to
leave the Danube station for Malta as soon as the
weather becomes more settled. The Weser, 6, Com-
mander A. H. Johnstone, will continue on that sta-
tion for the present. The Meeanee, 60, Captain G.
Wodehouse, is at Naples; the Trident, 6, Com-
mander C. J. Balfour, at Gibraltar; and the Pysche,
despatch vessel, at Constantinople. The Surprise,
4, Commander W, H. Whyte, and the Firefly, 5,
surveying vessel, Commander A. Mansell, are at
Corfu. The former is employed in surveying the
Corfu channel. Navigators and all persons con-
nected with shipping interests in the Mediterranean
will be glad to learn that the Admiralty have deter-
mined to lose no further time in having a resurvey
made of the Malta channel, which has bnome a para-
mount necessity from the constant changes going
on in these volcanic regions. The Hydra, 6, now
being for the surveying serveying service in one
of the ports of England, to replace the Medina,
which is to be sold or broken up, will, under the
command of the experienced hydrographer, Capt.
Spratt, C. 8., perform this duty. A letter just re-
ceived from Gibraltar of the Sth inst., says that the
state of Morocco in the south is unsettled, and has
been for some time, in consequence of the hostility
of certain revolted tribes, whose great desire is ge-
nerally to plunder the. unprotected towns on the
coast. The Trident has gone to the seat of trouble,
and another vessel has been telegraphed for from
England for the further protection of Europeans in
case of necessity. A demonstration usually has the
effect of checking any
outbreak, and it is hoped the
presence of the Trident will be sufficient. It is con-
sidered desirable, however, to have another vessel
in reserve, especially as Sir John Hay, on his return
from Morocco, will
pass through the disturbed dis-
trict. The Pocris is unserviceable at present, owing T
to the defective boiler tubes. to
leave England for Gibraltar, and,he Virago was
if necessary,
Morocco immediately.
The Edgar will remain a few days at Malta, and
then proceed to England (Spithead).
The Lizard, 3, iron paddle wheel steam vessel,
340 tons, 150 horse power, Lieut. Commander Henry
J. Challis, tender to the Formidable, flagship of
Vice-Admiral Sir W. S. Hope Johnstone, K.C.8.,
Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness, has been taken
into N 0.4 dock in Sheerness Dockyard, to make good
defects and to have her bottom covered with Pea-
cock's composition, to prevent fouling.
The Thunderbolt, 16, iron screw floating battery,
1,469 tons, 150 horse power, and the /Etna, 16, screw
floating battery, 1,588 tons, 200 horse power, sta.
tioned in the Thames for the protection of the river
during the erection of the new fortifications, are to
make good defects and undergo thorough repair.
Orders have been received at Sheerness to supply
gangs of workmen for this purpose.

On the second day of this meeting, with the exception of
the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, the card is usually
most uninteresting, but seldom to the same extent as this
week, and nine only starting, the great race itself was
somewhat shorn of its average amount of interest. Never-
theless, a large concourse of spectators assembled on the
heath, including at least 700 or 800 horsemen. During the
morning Saceharometer had been in great demand, his
price reaching 5 to 2, but before starting he receded to 4 to
1. Hospodar remained firm to the last, and the winner
not being backed to any amount by Mr. Naylor, did not
improve in the opinion of the public, who are very apt to
follow the lead in this respect, and unless they see an owner
investigating large sums on his horse, invariably regard
his char co as a poor ono. A full quarter of an hour be-
fore the appointed time Wells rode Baron Rothschild's
horse out of the Ditch stables, cantering down the course
with Lord
,Glasgow's two and Count Cavour, the first-
named attracting a good deal of attention from his fine
size and evident fitness, while the roan horse showed well,
being full of quality and well prepared. Macaroni, Hos-
podar, and Saccharometer cantered through " the gap," to
the great disappointment of the horsemen assembled to
inspect them; and we, as well as they, were therefore un-
able to form any opinion of their style of going over the
hard ground. Mr. Naylor's horse had, however, per-
formed so well last week over this course in a similar con-
dition to its present state that there was no reason to
doubt its suiting him—but many of his supporters feared
lest he might be " shin sore" from it—a surmise which
was ill-founded, as his performance subsequently proved.
His success was a great surprise to the knowing ones, who
laid 2 to 1 on the two favourites, fancying that nothing
else had a chance. Without doubt tho hardness of the
ground was is his favour, and as evidently it did not suit
Hospodar, who never seemed able to " act" in coming
down the hill, and was outpaced from the moment
he was called upon in real earnest. Challoner rode Macaroni
most artistically, and the race was virtually over when he
took him in front just before entering the cords. During
the morning a few drops of rain fell, but, a strong wind
blowing all day, it kept off and the dust continued unabated.
Sweepstakes of 300 sous each, 100 ft., for 4-yr-olds ; colts,
Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b. B.C. 5 subs.
Lord Stamford's Lacydes, Bst 10Ib (Edwards) 1
Lord Coventry's Balder, Bst 101 b (J. Adams) 2
Even betting, Balder for choice.
Lacydes waited till they had passed the stand, when he
draw up to his antagonist, whom he passed within the cords
and beat easily by a length and a half.

ALEXANDRIA, April 11.
At daybreak on Tuesday, the 7th, the Imperial
squadron was sighted, and the Viceroy instantly
put to sea, met it outside the harbour, when he was
invited on board the Sultan's yacht. His Majesty
was accompanied by the three sons of the late Sul-
tan, his own little boy, who is five years old, Faad
Pasha, Mehemet Pasha, the High Admiral; Mah-
moud Pasha, the brother-in-law of the late Sultan,
and asuite of 700 persons.
His Majesty landed in his State barge, the Vice-
roy sitting on his right, Fuad Pasha on his left, at
the steps of the fine palace of Rassettine, which has
been entirely redecorated and furnished at an enor-
mous expense for the Imperial guest and his attend-
ants. The Sultan passed the day at the palace, and
in the evening drove round the town, which from
the great courtyard of Rassettine, through the
bazaars to the square, was brilliantly illuminated
in his honour. His carriage, drawn by four white
horses, was preceded by a number of mounted police,
and running footmen with torches, and followed
by a body of his own guard, dressed as Zouaves,
with flowing white burnouses streaming behind
them. The whole procession slowly winding round
the square, the horses rearing and plunging at
every explosion of fireworks, the Sultan sitting
unmoved, and unmindful of the curiosity and cheer-
ing of the thousands who wore -thronging to catch
one glimpse of a real Sultan's face, was an impres-
sive sight.

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The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty ;—Commander Henry B. Philli-
more, to the Curagoa ; Lieut. George W. Hand, to
the Leander; Lieut. A. P. Still, to the Meg ra ;
Lieut. Stanhope G. Price, to the Edgar; Lieut.
Clayton Mitchell, to the Cambridge ; Lieut. Henry
M. C. Alexander and Lieut. Charles F. Hotham,
to the Curagoa; Sub-Lieut. Paul Storr, to the
Curagoa ; T. A. Watkins, S. A. R. Hamiliton, P.
H. Rickman, F. E. Hudson, Stephen A. Olney, and
Cecil G. Foljambe, midshipmen, to the Curt:lcm ;
Edward C. G. T. West, Guy Mainwaring, and W.
B. Forbes, midshipmen, to the Sutlej ; John S.
Hallifax and George S. M'lrwaine, midshipmen, to
the Satellite; Arthur J. Hamilton, midshipman, to
the Revenge; G. S. Lindeman, midshipman, to the
Leander; Henry M. C. Festing and Harry Treffry,
naval cadets, to the Curagoa ; R. W. Watson, in
the Peterel, promoted to be acting engineer; John
C. Sabben, Burg., to the Orontes; Dr. Richard
Picken, snrg., to the Curagoa; William Graham,
assist.-surg., to the Orontes; Dr. Adam B. Messer,
assist.-surg., to the Curagoa ; Edward R. Chamber-
land, paymaster, to the Orontes; Henry Cooper,
Paymaster, to the Fisgard, for the Royal Oak ;
Frederick A. Keogh, assist.-paymaster, to the
Orontes; Clarence Aylen, assist.-paymaster, to the
Cornwallis ; Thomas Elliott, assist.-paymaster, to
the Hannibal ; Thomas E. B. Cope and Charles
George, masters' assists. to the Curagoa.

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Handicap Plate of 100 sous. A.F
General Shirley's Misfire, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Marson) 1
Lord Glasgow's brother to Rapid Rhone, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b
(Dole) 2
Mr. Rochester's Anaticulus, 3 yrs, sst 121 b ....(Loatyes) 3
The following also ran :—Overton, Fig, Battery, and
Fletton.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Misfire, 3to 1 agst Battery, 4to 1
agst Fletton.

The lead was taken by Battery, followed on the upper
ground by Anaticulus, Misfire lying on the other side, with
Overton and brother to Rapid Rhone close up, Fletton and
Fig being a length behind. As they entered the cords the
first five above-named went on nearly abreast, and between
them a splendid rsce in ended in the victory of Misfire by a
head, a neck only separating brother to Rapid Rhone from
Anaticulus; Battery was fourth, and Overton fifth, both
close up ; Fletton and Fig dropped back soon after enter-
ing the cords.
The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, a subscription of 100
sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst
51b. The owner of the second horse to receive back his
stake. R.M. 85 subs.

Mr. R. C. Naylor's Macaroni, Bst 101b.,....(Challoner) 1
Lord Strathmore's Saccharometer, Bst 101 b.. (J. Goater)
Baron Rothschild's King of the Vale, Bst 101 b .. (Wells) 3
The following also ran :—Count Cavour, Rapid Rhone,
Clarior, Hospodar, Blue Mantle, and Melrose.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Hospodar, 4to 1 agst Saccharometer,
100 to 15 agst Blue Mantle, 10 to 1 agst Macaroni, 100 to 7
agst Rapid Rhone, 25 to 1 agst King of the Vale, 33 to 1
agst Melrose.

At the first attempt a splendid start was effected, the
lead being taken by Clarior, with Count Cavour and Mel-
rose next on the lower ground, Rapid Rhone, Hospodar,
and King of the Vale having the upper side, and Saccharo-
meter following last of all behind the French horse. As
they neared " the bushes" Count Cavour had a taste of the
whip, and, not answering, retired from the front rank, and,
at the same time, Saccharometer drew forwards, and with
Blue Mantle took a slight lead on the upper ground, King
of the Vale and Macaroni following next, with Hospodar
close behind them in the middle of the course. Soon
afterwards the French horse, showing signs of being out-
paced, gave way, and as they entered the cords Macaroni
took the lead of Saccharometer, and, shaking him off a
few yards from homo, on cleverly by three parts of a
length. King of the Vale ran up to Saccharometer about
half way along the ropes, but he died away again, and was
defeated by a length for second honours. Pulling up, the
favourite was a bad fourth, and then, with wide intervals
separating them, Blue Mantle, Rapid Rhone, Melrose,
Clarior, and Count Cavour passed the post in the order re-
corded.

Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 10ft ; for 4-
yr-olds and upwards; a winner of a 600 sovs handicap
after the declaration of the weights (Feb. 13, at 10
a.m.) to carry 101 b; of all minor handicaps once 51b,
twice 101 b extra, which was the extreme penalty. R.M.
Eight subs,

Mr. Astley's Atherstone, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b (Fordham) 1
Baron Rothschild's Gorse, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (Martin) 2
Betting-5 to 4on Atherstone, who waited on his uppo•
vent to the dip, and then drew away and won easily by
half a length.

The Coffee Room Stakes of 50 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds, colts
Bst 101 b, and fillies Bst 71b, the produce of mares that
never produced a winner. A.F. This stake was con-
fined to members of the coffee-room at Newmarket. 7
subs.

Lord Exeter's Fantail, Bst 71b
Count F. de Lagrange's Viliafranca, Bst 71b.... (Watson) 2
Mr. Greville's Ossian, Bst 10. b (J. Goater) 3
Betting-5 to 4on Fantail, sto 2 agst Villafranca.
The winner made all the running, attended by Villa.
franca, and won cleverly by half a length ; Ossian was a bad
third.

A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 2-yr olds; colts, Bst 101 b;
fillies, Bst 71b. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs, if de-
manded, &c. Last half of Ab. M. 4 subs.
Lord Stamford's Chicquot the Jester. Bst 101b(Edwards) 1
Mr. Flutter's Sacrilege, Bst 71b (Long) 2
Lord Westmoreland's Little-go, Bst 101 b.... (J. Goater) 3
Betting—Even. on Chicquot the Jester, 5 to 4 agst
Little-go.

The latter made play for half the distance, and then gave
way to the favourite, who came on and won in a canter by
four lengths, Sacrilege passing Little-go within the ropes,
and beating him by a length for second place.
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, 7st 101 b ,
4-yr-olds, Bst 131 b ; fillies allowed 31b. The winner to be
sold for 50 sovs, if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. 3 subs.
Lord Stamford's /Etna, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (carried 7st 81b)
(Edwards) 1
Mr. Banbury's Brilliant's dam filly, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b

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Mr. P. Price's c by Vedette, dam by Theon—Lady Love, 2
3 yrs, 7st 101 b
Betting-4 to lon Etna, who made play from end to
end, and won in a canter by three lengths ; a head between
the second and third.

No Sultan has visited Egypt since Selim I. con-
quered the country in 1517, and some old-fashioned
Moslems here and in Cairo think it so wonderful
that. the representative of the Prophet should leave
his capital that they believe the end of the world
is coming, and have made their wills, forgetting
how useless such a proceeding would be if their
forebodings came true.
On the following morning
his Majesty received
the foreign representatives, and, in reply to their
felicitations, said in Turkish:—

"I feel great satisfaction in seeing around me the
honourable representatives of friendly and allied
Powers. I have come to Egypt simply to give to
the Viceroy a fresh proof of my good will and
especial affection, and to see this important portion
of my empire. All my efforts are directed towards
the development of the happiness and prosperity of
all classes of my subjects throughout my dominions,
and to the strengthening the bonds which unite us
to Europe. lam also convinced that the Viceroy
follows in the same course, and that treading in the
steps of his grandfather he will maintain and per-
fect the works of our illustrious countryman."

In the afternoon he drove in state to Moharrem
Bey, the summer palace of Prince Halim Pasha,
where he dined, returning at night to Rassettine.
Next morning he left for Cairo, and was much
interested in the railway, the first he has ever seen,
visiting the locomotives, carriages, and trucks.
The Sultan has been much struck with the broad
streets, fine houses, and level roads (compared with
Constantinople), of Alexandria, and it is probable
that this visit may prove beneficial to his own coun-
try and capital, as he will strive to improve the
means of communication and transport, by making
railways, canals, and roads, and to develops agricul-
ture by the introduction of useful machinery.

The Sultan has shown a very proper consideration
for the high position of his powerful vassal, the
Viceroy of Egypt, and seizes every occasion of
manifesting his regard for Ismail Pasha ; ,vhile the
Viceroy has spared no trouble or expense to do
honour to his illustrious guest.
Egypt has obtained the valuable concession of a
coalmine on the coast of Adalia, which the Sultan
has bestowed on Ismail Pasha. It was discovered
many years ago by one of Mehemet Ali's officers,
but the Porte had always refused to grant the con-
cession. Two officers have been sent down to report

The Arethusa, 59,500 horse power, has been taken
out of the Chatham steam reserve and placed in the
steam basin, where, according to orders received yes-
terday at Chatham, she is to be brought forward for
commission, and be ready to hoist the pendant early
in June next. According to orders received at Chat-
ham she is to relieve the Ariadne, 26, 800 horse-
power, Capt. E. W. Vansittart, on the North Ame•
rican and West India station. The masts, yards,
and gear for the Arethusa are being prepared at
Chatham yard.

on the quality of the coal and the feasibility of
working the mine.

The Tamar, 3, iron screw troopship, 2,812 tons,
500 horse-power, which was recently launched at
Milwall, is expected shortly to arrive at Sheerness,
in accordance with Admiralty instructions, to be
fitted for the first•class steam reserve at that place,
and prepared for commission.
Lieut. Cavendish Gore Harvey, of the Coastguard
ship Blenheim, 60, at Milford, was tried yesterday
at Plymouth by court-martial on the charge of " in•
capacity in the performance of his duty," and was
sentenced to be discharged from the service. Capt.
Ford Frederick H. Kerr was the prosecutor.
About 6,000 shot and shell, intended to serve the
110 pounder Armstrong guns, at Bombay, were yes-
terday embarked in barges from Woolwich Arsenal
for shipment on board the iron steamship Sarah
Sands, now loading in the London Docks. The
missiles are all packed separately in canvass bags,
in order to preserve the lead coating from damage
during the course of transport.
The following appointments were made on Mon-
day at the Admiralty :—Capt. Sir W. Wiseman to
the Curagoa ; Capt. L. G. Heath, C. 8., to the Ex-
cellent, additional, for special service, vice Captain
Sir W. Wiseman; Captain E. J. F. Ewart, to the
Cambridge, vice Capt. Heath ; Captain H. W. Hire
to the Orontes; Commander E. Madden to the Me-
gaara, vice Commander Henderson promoted; J.
R. Scudamore, master, to the Curagoa • Nicholas
Giles, paymaster, to the Leander ; E. W. M. Mil-
man, paymaster, to the Cura9oa ; W. Rogers, pay-

The Libel upon Viscount Ranelagli.

Stanton Meyriek, of 7, Queen-street, Pimlico, and
Charles Pignett, of 26, Queen-street, Brompton,
appeared at the Westminster Police-court to sum-
monses charging the former, " for that ho did un-
lawfully and maliciously write, print, and publish,
and cause to be written, printed, and published,
certain defamatory libels of and concerning Viscount
Ranelagh," and the latter " for that he did unlaw-
fully and maliciously publish the same."
Mr. Poland, barrister, appeared for the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Orridge, barrister, for the defence.
His lordship was accommodated with a seat on
the bench, near his counsel, and the court was
crowded with volunteers and others anxious to hear
the proceedings.
Mr. Orridge, on the part of his clients, said he
would suggest that the case of Mr. Meyrick should
be called on first. He had had the opportunity of
conferring with his friend on the other side, and
had also spoken to Viscount Ranelagh, and he was
about to make a statement which would meet the
views of all the parties and prevent the time of the
Court being unnecessarily occupied.
Mr. Poland having consented to this arrange-
ment, Mr, Meyrick was placed at the table.
Mr. Orridge said that his client having placed
himself entirely in his hands, he would do him the
justice to say that he was there before the magis-
trate with the intention and desire to apologise to
Lord Ranelagh for any injury or annoyance he
might have occasioned him. He deeply regretted
that in consequence of his dismissal by Lord Rane-
lagh from the South Middlesex Volunteer Corps, a
dismissal which he considered at the time was most
unjustifiable, he was induced to circulate the hand-
bill complained of, which he now saw and felt con-
tained garbled statements of Lord Ranelagh's evi-
dence before the commissioners appointed to inquire
into the condition of the Volunteer force in Great
Britain. He was now convinced that those bills
entirely and grossly misrepresented the evidence his
lordship had then given, as every one would admit
who had read the blue book containing the report
of that evidence. He (Mr. Orridge) had read that
evidence, and could hardly conceive that such hand-
bills could have been put in circulation by those
acquainted with the real testimony giveniionAannYcl
thing more calculated to damage the rdepußtaanciagifs
character of a gentleman in
imagined.
The chief
position could hardly be m
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evident in reading the preceding question 1,310,
that the subject o
respect to boys in a public school criticising the
head master out of his office, to which his lordship's
reply was that he thought such boys ought to be
well flogged, and the question 1,320,
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diately followed it was, " Would
same rule to the volunteer fore you apply the
good officer who criticised a e, and flog the mecer out of his position ?"n Lord Ranelagh thought Lord Overstone was not
serious in askini, such a question as the last, and
answered it in the spirit in which it was put. Had
he inquired of Lord Overstone whether he was
serious in puttin-
g such a question,
the answer
would have been very different, and would cer-
tainly not have given the slightest pretence for
issuing these handbills, nor necessity for the pre-
sent prosecution, arising out of that garbled and
gross misrepresentation of those facts. He must
repeat that Lord Ranelagh, replying in the spirit
in which the question was put, had answered it
more fully than he otherwise would have done;
but it had never for a moment entered his mind
about the difficulty of flogging volunteers, or the
notion of flogging volunteers at all. He (Mr. Or-
ridge) must again say on behalf of his client, that
he frankly and honestly admitted the wrong he had
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Mr. Orridge replied that he did, and hoped that
his lordship would be satisfied with the apology
now made.
Mr. Poland said he had very little to say on the
part of his lordship, after the very ample apology
offered by Mr. Orridge for his client. L-r 3
Ranelagh, in the first instance, was disposed to
treat the matter with supreme indifference and
contempt ; but when he found that bills with-
on s t
some
e occasion
of
the
bills of
out a printer's name were not only placarded
about London and his head-quarters, but hal
beente l a
tsent e
volunteer
enr
review,
iewand that
Brighton
had written on them by some ill-disposed
person,
"Pot the thief; shoot him at the review," he felt it
was a duty he owed both to himself and to the
volunteer force, to put a stop to this unwarrantable
attack upon himself. There could be no doubt
that the circulation of the bill might have led to
great mischief. It had already created two breaches
of the peace, it had a tendency to set class against
class, which Lord Ranelagh would have been the
first to decry, and was calculated to seriously injure
the volunteer movement. Had the bill been con-
fined to circulation in Lord Ranelagh's own corps,
it would have done nim no harm, because a brotherly
feeling and good friendship existed among all. His
lordship's men respected their commander, and he
in his turn respected them. There was nothing
but good feeling and fellowship among them, with-
out the slightest regard to difference of position or
political opinion, and there never was the slightest
ill-feeling on either side, except in the case of Mr.
Merrick. He, as Mr. Orridge had told them, had
been dismissed by Lord Ranelagh. Chafing under
what he considered harsh treatment, ho had twice
applied to the War-office, and the authorities there
had on both occasions agreed with the decision of
the commanding officer, markedly expressing, in
answer to Mr. Meyrick's second application, their
appreciation of Lord Ranelagh's conduct. Lord
Ranelagh had no desire whatever to press the mat-
ter against the defendant, who was very young;
his desire was simply to prevent injury to the
volunteer movement, and after the full and ample
apology which would now be read, he must repeat
his lordship's perfect satisfaction and entire wil-
lingness to withdraw the charge.
The written apology was as follows, and in the
words of Mr. Orridge :
"On the part of Mr. Meyrick, I am authorised to state
that he greatly regrets that, feeling deeply grieved by his
dismissal from the corps, he has been led to adopt a course
which he now feels he can in no way justify, in having
caused the handbills complained of to be circulated, and
that he is now satisfied that such bills contain a garbled
statement of Lord Ranelagh's evidence, and grossly misre-
present the opinions expressed by Lord Ranelagh before
the commission."
The second defendant, Chas. Pignett, now stood
forward.
Mr, Orridge observed that this case wore a very
different complexion to the former, as in that the
defendant had been a volunteer, and made an attack
upon his lordship from some feeling arising out of
that position, but in this there could be no such ex-
cuse urged, Mr. Pignett not being in any way con-
nected with the volunteer force, although he (Mr.
Orridge) believed he had a very proper and good
feeling towards it. Defendant had had an interview
that morning with his lordship; his (defendant's)
was not a personal matter with his lordship, but
merely had reference to political feeling, the defen-
dant being a Liberal. Defendant had assured his
lordship that in circulating this handbill he had no
ill feeling against him, but did not like his political
opinions, and in opposing them considered himself
justified, it seemed, in holding his lordship, as a
warm Conservative, up to ridicule.
Mr. Arnold thought that was not very much in
accordance with Liberal notions. (Laughter.)
Mr. ()fridge continued—The defendant admitted
he had placed himself in a serious position, and saw
the mischief into which his folly had brought him,
and therefore fully apologised to his lordship. He
had first seen the bill stuck up on a wall, and per-
haps it was but just to him to say, that for aught he
knew, it might have contained a fair transcript of
his lordship's evidence, but it might be urged he
had taken no trouble to ascertain that fact. He had
resided 35 years in the neighbourhood, and felt him-
self in a position which he could in no way justify,
and therefore sincerely and frankly apologised.
The apology in this case was then read as follows :
"Having been induoed, under the influence of party and
political opposition to your lordship, to circulate handbills
calculated to give a false impression, and to have a most
prejuiicial effect upon your lordship personally and the
volunteer service, I beg to express my regret, and I hope that
your lordship will accept my apology and terminate the
recent proceedings taken against me before the magistrate."
Mr. Poland remarked this was the first time poli-
tics had been introduced into the volunteer move-
ment, and he hoped it would be the last; men of
different grades had united together in one common
bond of amity in this great national enterprise, ir-
respective of party or political feeling, which
everybody must know would have a very prejudicial
effect. When Lord Ranelagh had called upon the
defendant he had expressed great warmth of poli-
tical opinion, observing that he thought he was fair
game to shoot at.
Mr. Orridge said that meant with a political aim.
Mr. Poland retorted—Political or not political,
his lordship had no objection, provided "poisoned
arrows" were not used. He considered it immaterial
what might be falsely thought or said of him in
different quarters, as the truth, as in the present
instance, must prevail after all. If the person were
found who absolutely distorted the evidence given
by his lordship, and took the pains to sit down and
write so despicable and garbled a version of what
his lordship had uttered, he might not be treated
with so much forbearance as his lordship had shown
in the present cases. Throughout the whole of his
evidence before the commission his lordship had
never spoken of the working men at all ; he met
them every way in perfect friendship and on Pre
feet footing of social equality, being precisely h
against the two
iewchlidee;it
same to men of all classes. Mr. Poland thenfor-
mallyfeiidanwtsi.thdrew the summons
Pignett asked to be allowed to
as he bad undneerisatgohod,
idea that he was actuated b
read, A this i se jounnvcetyu rteh,e
look at his apology,
against Lord Ra
denied.
Mr. Arnold remarked that under those
stances he had the less excuse for his . circuit.
or ills conduct.
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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1863.

Few of the casualties that occur nowadays are
more distressing than the constant recurrence of
accidents in mines. The on© that took place on
Sitnrday was very awful, and its suddenness ren-
dered it peculiarly appalling. At Hartley, over-
whelming as was the calamity, the sufferers were
prepared for their doom ; but here they were hurled
to destruction in a moment. It appears that the
mine of Botallack is one of the largest in that part
of Cornwall, and the greater portion of its workings
lies under the bed of the Atlantic. The ores and
the workman are drawn up a diagonal shaft that
slopes down at the steep angle of 32 degrees. The
shaft is 180 fathoms deep. On Saturday last ten
men were coming up in a waggon that was attached
by a chain to the steam engine at the top.
They had nearly reached their destination
when the chain snapped, end all in the waggon
were hurled down the declivity and killed on
the spot. It is :curious to notice in a letter to the
Times of this morning, written by a gentleman,
who visited the Botallack mines on Friday that
this very question of the chain breaking was then
alluded to. The writer thus describes the circum-
stance:—" While we ourselves were mounting on
the day before, I looked at the chain winding round
its pulleys at the angle of the incline, and asked a
half-naked giant at my side what would happen if
it should snap. He said, and the captain said, that
the break could easily stop the car. It may have
been tried and failed—for I saw a miner easily
sliding down, feet foremost, when the car was up
above—or, in the honor of the moment, the man
who sat nearest to the handle may have failed
in the presence of mind necessary to apply to it;
or, as seems to bo more likely, the first few yards
of the descent may have dashed his brains out at
once against a projecting corner of the rock."
It is of no use to deplore evils without trying to
remedy them, and the more this question is looked
into the better, with a view of preventing a similar
affliction befalling other places. In the first place
this accident might have been rendered next to im-
possible by the application of a simple arrange-
ment similar to that we have seen in use in the
north of England many years ago. This consisted
of a clamp attached to the cage, and travelling up
one of the guiding ways of a shaft, and so con •
meted with the chain that when the cage was lifted
the strain loosened the hold of the clump on the
guiding way up which it travelled freely ; but in
the event of the chain t eaking it immediately
closed firmly and held the cage securely in mid-air.
In the case of the recent accident at Botallack the
shaft descends in slanting direction at an angle of
some 32 degrees, and a car was used for the pur-
pose of raising the ore and lowering the miners.
It would seem that this car is provided with breaks,
which are under the command of the man in charge
of the car, but in the present instance either from
want of presence of mind, or some accident they
were of no avail. Why should the lives of the men
be exposed to unnecessary risk, when danger might
be avoided by fixing the breaks in communication
with the chain in such a manner that they could
only be relieved by its strain, and in the event of
its breaking would immediately check the car be-
fore it could gain sufficient momentum in its retro-
grade movement to render the operation difficult,
This awful instance of the faulty arrangements in
the woi king of mines must surely draw attention
to the subject, and it need scarcely be added that it
is a question of great importance, and one which
has every claim on the cars and consideration of
the community. Unless some stop is speedily put
to such casualties, the employment of miners will
soon be looked upon as a most perilous one; their
relatives will be in constant expectation of hearing
of their untimely ends, and the dangers of the works
will realise the idea, expressed in the old Scotch
saying—

" Wives and mothers maist despairing,
Ca' them lives o' men."

There are certain interminable trials in our courts
of justice which must, however much they may in•
terest the public at the outset, become, at length,
tedious from constant repetition. The celebrated
'VEIN F.RTON case, for instance, created as much stir
at the :itne of its first hearing in London as it did
Public, but when that was found to be only the
first step in
a long series of intricate and weari-
some proceedings, both in Scotland and in England,
people got tired of the matter, and although it was
to a certain f x ten!, a reuse celehre, it has now
passed out of sight. We expect that that the long-
Pending actions against the midlevel commission Ur
the damage done to a large district in the fen coun-
try, fornai _
t'g part of thz., Bedford Level, by the
bursting 01 a. •
h knee, through the alleged neg;ect of
the comruiz,sioners and their servant, will tneet
with a like fate. A '
3‘1171 at Norwich, on the 6th

instant, decided virtually in favour of the plaintiff,
Mr. COE, in whose name the action had been brought
against Mr. WISE, the c:erk to the Middle
Level Drainage Company. Oa this ver-
dict, however, depended some hundred other actions,
j brought against the commissioners to recover com-
pensation for damage sustained through the inun-
dation. Oa Saturday last the commissioners, in
despair at the prospect through the agency of Sir
FITZROY KELLY, moved the Court of Queen's Bench
by leave reserved for a rule, calling upon the plaife-
t:ff to show cause why the verdict should not be set
aside and entered for the defendant, or, in the alter-
native, for anew trial, on the ground of misdirection,
and that the verdict was against evidence. After
considerable discussion, the Lord Chief Justice said
the Court were of opinion that the learned counsel
must have a rule on the points of law; but that
I with regard to the other points they would consult
• Lord Chief Justice ERLE before giving their
decis'.on. Thus the case is as far from a
settlement as ever, althcugh from the strength
of the evidence adduced a future jury will
probably arrive at the same conclusion as their pre-
, decessors. For the bent fit of those unacquainted
with the nature of the country in what are termed
the " Fen districts," we may observe that in ancient
times the greater part of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suf-
folk, Lincoln, and the surrounding counties, were

nothing more than vast meres or swamps. In fact,
at cue time, the Eastern counties were completely
cut eft from the midland and Southern portions cf
the kingdom. The tracks across the morasses were
difficult and dangerous, and only known to the in-
inhabitants, who guarded their knowledge with jea-
lous care, for these swamps were their protection
from invasion. The danger of traversing them was
illustrated by the loss of a large portion of King
JOHN'S army and baggage, near King's Lynn, at
the commencement of the thirteenth century. But
as the population increased and civilisation ad-
vanced, land became of more value—the dense
forests began to disappear, and the most available
part of the marshes began to be turned to account.
It was not until the year 1620 that any great suc-
cess in draining marsh land on a large scale was
obtained, when Sir CORNELIUS VERMUYDEN, a
Dutchman of considerable engineering skill, was
invited to England, and by his enterprise and
ability succeeded, among other undertakings, in
laying the foundation of the great Bedford Level, a
portion of which has been recently the subject of
so much loss and litigation. After this, drainage
steadily advanced, and large tracts of valuable
land were reclaimed from time to time, until the
most important works of this vast undertaking
were completed under the celebrated TEL-
FORD. Soon a new era commenced. The
full power of steam was gradually un-
derstood, and a rapid advance in the means of
discharging water by its agency rendered compa-
ratively easy the execution of works which had
hitherto been almost impracticable. It was but
natural that the owners of large tracts of land in
fen districts should desire to combine to improve
their property. Among others were those residing
in the vicinity of the Ouse, which runs through
the counties of Bedford, Huntingdon, Cam-
bridge, and Norfolk. No expense was spared to
recover the land and a glance at the Ordnance Map
of those counties will show how completely the
course of this river has been turned to cause the
sluggish inland water to take a straight and rapid
course to the sea. The Ouse is a tidal river, in
common with all the streams on that part of the
coast, for in olden times the whole of the low lands
were flooded at
,high water. It was, therefore,
found necessary to erect strong sluices to eheck the
rising flood tides, which were so constructed as to
allow the accumulated inland waters to escape on
the ebb. At a point some five miles from St. Ives, the
course of the river is turned by the erection of a
substantial lock, and a drain a hundred feet wide,
and about twenty miles long, runs between high
embankments in a direct line to Downham Market,
where it again meets the Ouse 9 or 10 miles above
Lynn. The tidal waters at this spot are again cut
off from the Ouse by Demer sluice. The tide here
rises to a great height, and not being allowed to
expend itself as of old over the marshes, it rushes
with great force up the hundred-foot drain ; thus
every acre of land reclaimed increases the pressure
on the sluices and embankments. This drain vi as
constructed by commissioners, under a special Act
of Parliament. The object of the middle level was
to drain the upland waters, and the sluice in ques-
tion was intended to prevent the influx of the tidal
waters into the drain, so as to overflow and sub-
merge the lands below the level of the sea at high
rater. This was in the last century, but latterly,
in order to get rid of the drainage that for a long
time used to fall into the river Ouse, it was resolved
to cut a straight drain eleven miles in length
through the country known as the Marsh Land,
from Popham's Eau to the Marshland sluice, run-
ning into the Ouse, and for that purpose an Act
of Parliament called the Middle Level Drain-
age Act, 7th and Bth Vic., c. 106, was obtained,
giving the Commissioners power to enter upon the
marshland and make the cut required, imposing at
the same time on the Commissioners duties both
onerous and difficult. By the Act, full directions
were given as to the mode in which the cut was to
be made, and the banks, the paddled clay walls,
and the fences were to be kept up and maintained,
but a good and substantial sluice was to be made
at the end of the cut next the River Ouse, which
is a tidal river. The sluice was built between
1844 and 1846, consisting of a kind of three arch
bridge, each arch being stopped with double sluice
doors opening and shutting with the advancing
and receding tide. On each side of this bridge the
banks sloped gradually down to the bed of the river,
which at the highest tide rose to about 18 feet. Be-
tween the 22d and 26th of March, 1862, one hole—
though one witness said there were two holes—was
discovered on the west side of the bank shutting
Ouseeof w
16 deep
out the waters of
ppranoaftehae
g wide,
danger, and to fill up which with
andap p
approaching
ite
stones and straw sundry efforts were made, as it
appeared, in vain, for on the 4th of May the
sluice was utterly destroyed, and on the 12th of
May 6,000 acres of land were submerged, the
crops destroyed, and their fertility seriously in-
jured. Now, we agree with the
jury that the
first of the four issues submitted to them should
have been given in favour of the defendant—
viz., that in the first instance the works were pro- '
perly executed, but this is no reason why these same
works should have been neglected during sixteen
years. The continual wear and tear of a heavy
body of water rushing by it has been allowed to
undermine its foundations, and ultimately to drown
the country. If country gentlemen, either for their
own advantage or from public spirit, will take upon
themselves onerous duties, they are bound alike in
law and honour to fulfil them faithfully, or they
must abide the consequences.

The proceedings relative to the Alexandra will
soon engage public attention, but it appears from
what has already transpired that the Government
hare adopted most harsh and unjustifiable means.
If these summary arrangements are to be the order
of the day, incalculable disadvantage will accrue