The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-07 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following is an extract from a letter from a Cadet in
the Royal Miii ary Academy at Woolwich :—" The 23d of
October was the anniversary of the great mutiny here of
1801, s*-nr. hr..a —a tired at
the Lieutenant. Governor's windows. To commemorate the
occasion two fellows in the A division loaded the 4-pounders
at the end of the parade and fired them off as the clock struck
10 p.m. Immediately soldiers and officers were seen running
about to know the reason of this alarm. The soldiers on
guard at the barracks, the arsenal, and the dockyard, turned
out under arms ; orderlies came riding over the common, and
there was a regular bustle everywhere. It was soon found
out that the cadets had been up to some of their old pranks,
and accordingly the usual Saturday and Sunday leave was
stopped. This created great discontent, and on Saturday, the
24th, the Hoxter swords were all thrown into the reservoir
excepting 9, which could not be carried off. One fellow was
stopped by a corporal going into the place where the swords
are kept with one sword under his arm, which he said he had
found lying about. As his character was by no means good,
he was told that if he did not resign he would be expelled.
So accordingly he resigned. The two fellows who fired off
the guns were found out and expelled ; but, not satisfied
with this, they called us in and asked us each individually
whether we had taken any part in the disturbance on Satur-
daypight. The invariable answer was ' No, Sir.' Then they
asked whether we knew of anybody who had had any part
in the disturbance, and tilt) No, Sir,' invariably followed
it. Three fellows declined answering at all, and they were
put under arrest immediately, leave was stopped till further
orders, and the whole cadet company got a double allowance
of drill. The authorities, finding it impossible to
stronger measures without exasperating ugy v
having given the three fellows plenty of arrestafole n
followed
course,
by plenty of confinement to the enclosure, and, of

stoppage of leave to the end of the term—the row was over,
and we are now no longer fearing that we shall be decimated,
as it was at first given us to understand• For one thing or
another three fellows have been expelled and seven fellows
have been rusticated this term, a larger number than has
been known for a very long time•"

MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Yesterday
morning a report was circulated in Guildford that a
soldier stationed in the town had murdered his wife and
committed suicide. On inquiry it turned out that a sergeant
of the 3d Buffs, who, with a woman supposed to be his wife,
had been staying at the Coachmakers' Arms, Novel-street,
since Sunday evening, had murdered his companion, and
afterwards attempted self-destruction. They occupied a room
on the second floor, and are stated to have been remarkably
quiet and civil persons. On Wednesday last they had break-
fast and tea, but they had no food yesterday, although the
man in the course of the day ordered some potatoes to be
boiled, and stated that the woman's mother was coming to
visit them. Nothing was seen or heard of either the ser-
geant or his wife during yesterday evening or this morning,
who was billeted
In consequence of this the inmates of the house became
rather uneasy. A sergeant of the 37th,
in the house, asked to be allowed to break open the door of
the room, but the landlady refused to allow him, and after
knocking at the door for some time without eliciting any
reply they sent to the police. Superintendent -Vickers, ac-
companied by Sergeant Steads and Police• Constable Davis, f
at once proceeded to the spot, and
open
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The man and woman were then found lying
ing it:
parently dead. The woman had
evidently been strangled,
and her head was frightfully s‘
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the side of the bed
table-knife which was stainedwith blood, and an ordinary
with blood. Mr. F, D Ross,
surgeon, of Dudley-house,
was promptly in attendance,
together with Dr. Chathe bodies. pman, of the 37th Foot, who examined
A small
(lumatity of brandy was given to the
man, upon Which h
It is the opinion of ho Slightly rallied, and spoke a few words.
the medical men that the woman had
been dead for two or three days. On examining a medal
which the man
mahaig,
and
that he
had served in China during
the last
War. It is not positively known whether the murdered
or
woman was his wife
not • but she is stated to have been
and,
tall, good-looking,'
11,1 • apparently, about 28 years of age.
ahaig, s wounds were dressed, and he was removed to a
separate room, where he is in the keeping of the police.
The body of thz,, unfortunate woman was also removed, and
it now awaits the coroner's inquest. No motive has been
assigned for the commission of the horrible act, and the
parties were both strangers in Guildford.
REPORTED DEATH OF MR. PRITCHARD.—A letter
from Papeiti, in the Courrier des _Etats Unis, announces the
tragical fate of the once famous Mr. Pritchard. A schooner,
while proceeding from ono island: to another, having on
board the American Consul at the Fejee Islands, and Mr.
Pritchard, the English Consul, and his family, WLIS lost,
and all on board perished.
As You WERE.—The borough of Tenby makes a
curious figure in the population returns. The population
at the census of 1851 was 2,982, and again the census of
1861 found exactly 2,982 inhabitants. There was one more
male in the place in 1861 than in 1851, but there was
one
female less.

Yesterday morning a disastrous fire occurred at the camp
at Aldershot in the stables of the Military Train, adjacent
to the barrack stares. The building in which the fire origi-
nated formed nearly two sides of a square, the angles being
respectively about 100 yards and 75 yards in length. It was
built entirely of timber and straw, and formed one of a
number of temporary stables allotted to the horses of the
Royal Artillery and Military Train stationed in the south
camp. The fire was discovered about five minutes past five
o'clock by a sentry on duty near the spot, and by whom an
alarm was promptly given. In a very few minutes a large
body of men were in attendance. and the most strenuous
exertions were used to remove the horses. Unfortunately,
however, from the nature of the building, this was found to
I be impossible. The flames spread with the greatest rapidity
and in 10 minutes the entire building was one mass of flame.
The screams of the horses, which were tethered to their
stalls by chains, were terrible, and only 11 were saved. The
means of ingress and egress were few, and from this circum •
stance, together with the quantity of forage ablaze inside, it
was dangerous to attempt to enter the building. The camp
fire-brigade, under Mr. Superintendent Burke, was promptly
in attendance, with three engines and a large number of
fire-screens, but owing to a scarcity of water, only one en-
gine could be brought into play. The horses in the adjoin-
ing stables were turned loose, and driven away from the
scene of the fire, some of them roaming into the country
for many miles round. A strong south-west wind was
blowing, which had the effect of carrying the flames directly
away from the adjoining stables, which being of the same
material as the blazing building must otherwise have
shared the same fate. In less than an hour the stable was
burnt to the groand with 75 of the horses. The origin of the
fire is not known, but it is supposed to have been occasioned
by a suspended stable lamp setting fire to the thatch of the
building. Fifty-two of the horses burnt belonged to the sth
battalion Military Train, and 26 to the 2d battalion. Their
value is roughly estimated at £2,500. This, however, does
not represent the total loss, as the harness and accoutre-
ments
within the building were worth at least another £5OO.
Sad as is the occurrence, it is only the fu filment of a pre •
diction,long since made by many persons who have noticed
the construction of these temporary stables at Aldershot
Camp. A court of inquiry assembled in the Orderly Room,
R Lines, at 11 o'clock, Lieutenantl•Colonel Mitchel, Royal
Artillery, president; Captain Burden, 13th Hussars, Cap-
tain Akers, Royal Engineers, members.

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK.

ITALY,

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A Turin letter of the 2d says :—" Dr. Albanese,
who had been obliged to leave Garibaldi owing to
urgent family affairs, has just returned to Caprera,
and has since addressed the following to the Mori-
moat° of Genoa :--‘ The General has begun to walk
about without a stick, and if his foot has not re-
covered all its freedom of movement, he can use it
without pain. On my arrival, he came to meet me
without any artificial support. I have since exa-
mined the cicatrice and the articulation, and have
ascertained that great progress has been made dur-
ing the last two months. I can now venture to
declare without any fear of mistake, that by next
spring Garibaldi will be quite sound and well
again.'"

THIRD tDITION

SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK.

THE POLISH INSITRRECTION.

CRACOW, Nov. 7.
The Poles, under the command of Wiikewski,
gained a great success over the Russians on the
30th ult., in the palatinate of Lublin.
M. Wenglinski, Councillor of State, who had re-
signed, has been arrested and confined in the
Citadel of Warsaw.

The Europe of Frankfort declares that if Prince
Gortsohakoff is satisfied with Earl Russell's last
despatch, the reason is that Baron de Budberg had
completely led him into error as to the secret policy
of the Western Powers. The same journal adds
that England and Austria have, indeed, not acted
as they should have done, but that they will never-
theless not remain inactive in presence of Russia
continuing her work of extermination; that Eng-
lish diplomacy has not exhausted all its efforts;
and that as to Austria, a decision was come to by
a council held at Vienna on the 2d of the month,
under the presidency of the Emperor, that it could
not consider the Polish question as terminated.
A despatch received at Berlin from Warsaw says
—" M. Kraiewski, the superior, and M. Pay-
lowski, the prior, of the Augustine Convent, wh
o
bad w o
had expressed opinions favourable to the conduct
of the Russian soldiery, have both been poisoned
with strychnine. The former is dead, and the latter
lies dangerously ill."
The Breslau Gazette has the followin
"The merchant Krupeck g'—
, whose name has been
so often mentioned in connection with
e stnoyb a
palace, has been declared innocents and free from
suspicion by the three succassive stages of the com-
mission of inquiry, and even by the military tri-
bunal. Any other result would have beers astonislz-
ing. When the order for Krupeeki's release was
presented to General Berg for signature, he wrote
underneath : ' This man has extensive connections
in the city; let him be exiled to Pskow,' which
means that he is one of those whose exile will
frighten and deter many others. Krupecki is to
leave immediately for his place of exile."