The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-23 00:00:00

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characteristic grace and fervour, tali) pa Cie
the centre of the hall being cleared for the purpose,
by Mr. George Bain, one of the veteran membErs of
the society ; Captain Forbes, of the 78th ; Captain
Sir Alex. Mackenzie, also of the 78th; and CAptain
_._ George Mackenzie, of the London Scottish Rifles.
for a con-

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The reel was well executed, and kept up
siderable time, amidst enthusiastic cheers and
applause.

works, it is intended to employ some of the most
intelligent of the non-commissioned officers and en-
gineers in the Australian Mint.

TUE TRAGEDY AT BLACKWALL•

The corps of Royal Engineers is about to be aug-
mented by the formation of an additional troop of
the Royal Engineer train. Tho augmentation will
be effected on the Ist of April, and the new troop
will be designated the B troop. Directions have
been received at head quarters, Chathan', for a re-
turn to be made of the number of men enlisted below
the standard of sft. Gin., most of whom will, it is
expected, volunteer for the new troop. The station
of the B troop will be at Aldershot camp. A sub-
seluent order directs the appointment of an addi-
tional paymaster to the corps of Royal Engineers
in consequence of the augmentation in that
branch of the service. The stations of the three
paymasters will be at Chatham, Aldershot, and
Southampton.

The appalling outbreak among the crew and
soldiers of the Peruvian corvette Alice, has prodneed
an extraordinary degree of interest in the port
of London, and the most exaggerated statements as
the extent of the castastroplie are current.
We regret to have to announco that the fearcal
conflict has resulted in the lobs of two more liven.
It has already been stated that t otticerk, Ensign
Francis Vidal and MidAirtntin Guardia Marko,
perished during the outbreak ; and in the course of
yesterday it was elicited that alio' her young g( n-
tleman, named Manuel Roderiquts, about 16 years
of age, also lost his life. It appears that on the
Thursday evening he went on board the hulk Venus
to see his brother, who was one of the officers.
While the mutiny was at its height, between 1 and
2 o'clock on Friday morning, it is suppoQed that in
endeavouring to escape from the dreadful scene he
attempted to pass down the ship's side into one of
the boats, and fell into the water. He was a young
man of great promise, and was highly connected.
The sixth death took place yesterday afternoon ;
one of the three soldiers who were found despers'ely
wounded on the deck after the fight expired after
great suffering. He had sustained a severe wont d
from a bayonet thrust in the lungs, and other in-
juries. His name was Francisco Callejas, and he
had been in the service some years. It would seem
that the Thames police, with a view of obtaining
this man's dying statement, had applied to the au-
thorities on board the bulk on Saturday afternoon
as to his condition, so as to justify them in obtain-
ing the attendance of a magistrate to take his depo-
sition. Being informed that he was not then in a
dangerous state the police refrained from acting.
Yesterday morning they were apprised that the man
was dying, and before his statement could`-be" re.
ceived he breathed his last. In the course of the
eyening 'the body was brought on shore and was
deposited in the dead house to await an inquest. In
regard to the other two, soldiers no unfavourable
change has taken place, although they are in a very
precarious state.

The 2d battalion 18th Regiment (Royal Irish),
under the command of Lieut.-Col. Chapman, was
officially inspected on Saturday, at Parkhouse, Isle
of Wight, by Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8.,
the general officer commanding the district, prepa-
ratory to the departure of the regiment from Eng-
land on foreign service. The ships Elizabeth Ann
Bright and Norwood will embark the regiment for
New Zealand about the end of the present week.
The Nile, East Indiaman, of 1,250 tons (one of
Messrs. Green's Blackwall fleet), Commander W.
F. Owen, arrivad at Spithead yesterday morning
from Calcutta, with officers and military invalids
from various regiments serving in India, and pri-
vate passengers. Four deaths occurred during the
voyage and one birth. The Nile left Calcutta on
Dec. 11, 1862, and St. Helena on Feb. 11. Fine
weather and light winds have been experienced
throughout the voyage. The military invalids will
be transferred from the Nile at Spithead at 9 o'clock
this morning to a Government steam tender for con-
veyance to the new military hospital at Netley, in
Southampton Water, and she will immediately
afterwards resume her voyage to London. _

A court of inquiry, preliminary to bringing the
principal culprits before a court-martial, was opened
on S •.turday morning on board the Venus hulk.
It transpired that after the soldiers returned to
the hulk on Thursday night, excited from
drink obtained in the public-houses of Nackvvall
and Poplar, they were after some difficulty got down
to the lower deck, when the precaution was taken
of battening them down. When kept thus under
durance some of them, it is stated, contrived to
break into the spirit store, and freely partook of the
liquor. The rum naturally had the effect of madden-.
ing the men, and the result speedily showed 'itself
in their bursting up the forehatches. A number of
them rushed up on to the maindeck, and the melee
became fearful, and if the sailors had not displayed
the utmost energy and good discipline in driving
them below the consequences might have been most
fatal to the officers. It is clear that some old
grudge between the soldiers and the sailors found,
vent in the collision when the sailors were directed
to restore order. It would seem that they were,
while in port, disposed to be unruly and mischie-
vous, and only at the last sessions of the Cerktral
Criminal Court two of the crew were sentenced to
lengthened terms of imprisonment for stabbing
with knives. They are also described as having
constant rows amongst themselves, both on board
the Arica in the West India Dock, and in the hulk
in the river.

As yet the bodies of the young officers who vvrre
drowned have not been recovered, and, as it was
about high water at the time they went overboard,
it is probable that they have been carried down the
river by the ebb tide. Bills offering tt large re—
ward for the finding of the bodies have been posted.
along the water side. The Ensign, Francis Vidal,
is described as 23 years of age, five feet six inches,
in stature, and as being attired in a blue pilot ec.at
and light trousers. His hair was black, an?, he
wore a In, ustache. The other young gentk-nan„
Manuel Roderiques, was five feet four inches in
height, and of dark complexion. He wore dark
check trousers, blue coat, and white shirt.
Instructions have been given by those high in
authority to expedite the fitting out of the Arica
with a view of getting the crew to sea,
as speedily
as possible. The Thames police galleys, under the
direction of Mr. Inspector Todman, are in constant
attendance at the hulk. Many of the Arica's crew
were heard to express their repugnance to sleep on
board the hulk. The men under arrest are guarded.
by sentries with fixed bayonets.

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Singular to say, so great was the reserve observed
by the authorities on board the ship that the Thames,
police who were alongside in their galleys were not
allowed to beoome aware of the fact that lives had
been sacrificed during the stuggle until late in the.
afternoon on Friday. Inspector Todman, of the.
Thames police, then at once instituted inquiries
into the circumstances of the collision, but with out
being able to fix on any individual as having actu-
ally inflicted the fatal wounds.
It has already been stated that the Peruvian con-
sul has been on board, but the men being a Go-
vernment crew there is some difficulty in his deal-
ing with the case, as the offence constitutes a serious
crime against the military code of the republic. It
is conjectured that the crew will be got to sea as
soon as possible, when the law will be enforced.
The inquest before the Middlesex coroner is not
expected to take place until the preliminary in-
quiries before the officers of the ship have been con-
cluded.

A French naturalist has calculated that thrJ num-
ber of birds' eggs and 3 oung birds destroyed in
Fiance every year by predatory urchins and adults amounts
to twenty millions ; on which calculation the editor of
Les Mondes reads a homily which is not without its appli-
cation in this country. We notice the question in the hope
that as the pairing season has commenced, all persons
who can exercise influence will do so on behalf of
the tenants of our woods, copses, and hedgerows. Agricul-
turists especially should bestir themselves to prevent the
wanton destruction of nests and broods whichtake place every
spring, considering their liability to loss by attacks of
insects, It is impossible to calculate the number of grubs,
of embryos scarcely visible without a microscope,
or insect-devourers generally, which the birds would.
destroy if lot alone. It is true that agriculture.
owes much to art ; but it must not on that account reject
the aid of nature. If small crops are to thrive, small
birds must be encouraged. Our foreign contemporary cltest
as praiseworthy the example of Cardinal Donnet, who ors
all fitting occasions exerts h's eloquence in fa'our of the
birds of the air.

DEATH FROM WEARING CRINOLINE.—On Sat UT-
day afternoon Mr. Bedford held tin inquest at St.
George's Hospital on the body of Eliza Wright, aged ueven
years.
James
Nealof No. 1, Ashton-buildings, Battersea,
said that on Wednesday last deceased ran up to his room
with her clothes all on fire, crying out " Oh, put it out ; put
it out I" Witness extinguished the flames as speedily as
possible, and she then said that she was breaking a piece of
coal at the fire, when her dress ignited. It also appeared
that deceased had, during her mother's absence, put on a
crinoline, which was the causo of the accident. The de-
ceased was taken to the hospital, where she expired on the
following day. Mr. 'Wm. llope, to house surgeon, said he
saw the deceased when she was admitted. She was severely
burnt on the neck, face, breast, and lower part of the body,
as also on the left leg and foot. Sho was suffering great
pain. She never rallied, but died on the ISth inst. from
collapse, produced by the burns and the shock. The jury
returned the following verdict :—Accidentar death caused
by wearing crinoline.

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