The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-26 00:00:00

THE POLISH INSURRECTION•

BRESLAU, Nov. 25.—Advices received here from
Warsaw, state that the son of the banker Baliez has
been hung at Siedlee,
gasolene at
The insargents have defeated the
Lenezna, in the palatinate of Lublin.

A LEARNED ECHO. In the course of last sum-
mer, some strangers of distinction were induced to
visit Rothiemurchus, from the report they hears of an
" echo" remarkable for the clear and distinct nature of its
reverberations. On reaching the spot whence the trial of
its power is usually made, their guide put his hand to the
sides of his mouth, and bawled out with the lungs of a Ste
tor a salutation in Gaelic, which was repeated with a preci-
sion that seemed beyond the expectations of the party. One
of the gentlemen, by way of trying the strength of his voice,
put his hands to the side of hisow far mouth in the same manner
as the guide, and called out, H are we from home r'
These words, much to the astonishment of their conductor'
were also repeated. Then poor Donald, with a simplicity
which brought a smile over the natty, said—'" You may
think it strange, gentlemen, but this is the first time Iheard
the echo speak English. She must be well instructed."
As further proof of the increasing interest of
France in German art and literature, the latest number of
the Revue des Deus; Itlondes contains •
an article by Charles
de Remusat, of the Institute, " Munich, l' Art par la Cri-
tique," and another by Emile Montegut, "The Philosophy
of Goethe's Meister.' "

The following evidence was taken
Sergeant John Gibson recalled and cross-examined by
Col. Crawley—My wife attended Mrs. Lilley in her last
illness, and gave her both brandy and medicine. She also
rubbed liniment into Mrs. Lilley's chest and shoulders. My
wife is not here.
Colonel Sir Alfred Horsford, official prosecutor, requested
that the cross-examination of Private Reynolds, yesterday,
might be read over, and Colonel Pipon, officiating Judge-
advocate, read it aloud accordingly.
Mr. E. G. Syms, confidential clerk in the Adjutant
General's office, Horse Guards, produced a letter from Col.
Crawley, which was read as follows :
(Immediate.)
Mhow, 4th June, 1862.
From Lieut. Col, Crawley, Commanding 6th Dragoons, to
the Assistant Adjutant General, M.B.A.
Sir,—With reference to the telegram received this day
on the subject of which the major general commanding has
called for explanation, I have the honour to state that the
three sergeant majors of the Inniskilling Dragoons were
placed in close arrest with the sanction of the major general,
which was afterwards confirmed by his Excellency the
Commander in Chief ; that in consequence of the impossi-
bility of preventing communication being held with the
prisoners by parties in the interest of the prisoner (Pay-
masterSmales) it was deemed advisable to place the sentries
in the room with the prisoners—not only to avoid the expo-
sure of the sentries to the rain and hot winds, but to prevent
the witnesses being tampered with during the remainder of
the trial. In the case of the regimental sergeant major (the
late Sergeant Major Lilley) who was a married man, there
were, I believe, three or four rooms in the house where he
was quartered, and there was no necessity whatever that
the sentry placed over him should in any way interfere
with his domestic arrangements,
or that his wits should
have been annoyed by the presence of the sentry. I learned
a few days after the sergeant major had been placed in
arrest, that the sentry had been moved injudiciously by
Lieut. Fitzsimons so as to give cause of annoyance to the
sergeant
himself major's
wile,
to
immediately sent Mr. Fitz-
simonsw the sentry from the
w i atlanddra I
pre-
sence of Mrs. Lilley, and to place him where he
could do his duty with equally good effect
without giving annoyance to her. Notwithstand-
ing the precaution of placing a sentry in the room
with Sergeant Major Lilley, it did actually occur that
through the neglect or connivance of some of these sen-
tries a communication was opened
iththeon Sergt.the tMernit' -r
Immediately w
by a woman of the regiment.
nation of the defence by Paymaster Smales, on the 24th
inst., I addressed a letter, as you are aware, to you to re-
quest the major general's permission to enlarge the arrest of
the three sergeant majors from close to open arrest, as the
necessity for continuing the close arrest no longer existed.
This permission I received on the following day, and I
acted upon it forthwith. Unfortunately Sergeant Major
Lilley died of a sudden attack of apoplexy at four a.m.,
on the 25th'of May, and thus has given a handle for the un-
founded statements contained in the newspapers as to
the penal character of the arrest of these non-commis-
sioned officers. I regret that owing to the variety and quan-
tity of official business placed upon my hands in reference to
the robbery of the books, &c., of Paymaster Smales, the
examination before a magistrate of private Walshe, the
trumpet major, and his wife, and other regimental business,
which can only be attended to by the officers actually in
command, I have been unable to proceed with my reply to
the prisoner's defence as early as I could have desired, and
therefore his excellency's instructions relative to the final
release from arrestof the sergeant majors have not yet been
carried out, pending the final adjournment of the court.—l
have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant,
T. R. CRAWLEY, Lieutenant-Colonel
Commanding 6th Dragoons.

Cornet W. T. Snell, examined by Sir A. Horsford, said
that he was adjutant of the 6th Dragoons during a portion
of Sergeant Major Lilley'a arrest—from about the 4th till
the Bth of May, 1862. During that period Col. Crawley
sent for him to the mess room. He thought it was on the
7th of May, the day on which Sergeant Major Lilley gave
his evidence in court. On his arrival at the mess Colonel
Crawley said, "Mr. Snell, Sergeant Major Lilley has com-
plained in court of the manner of his arrest." He thought
the colonel said that the sergeant major had said that the
sentry was within two feet of his wife's bed. The colonel
asked whether this was true, and witness replied that the
sentry was on the bungalow next to Mrs. Lilley's bedroom.
The colonel then asked who gave the order. Witness re-
plied " I understood it was you, sir." The colonel said he
hed ordered close arrest, and inquired if his orders were
not carried out. He added "Do you know what close ar-
rest is, Mr. Snell?" Witness answered he thought he did.
Colonel Crawley then said " Go and see that my orders are
properly carried out." Witness then left the mess. After
that he went and saw Sergeant Major Lilley's bungalow,
and changed the position of the sentry, placing him in the
lobby or small room next to the dining room. It was the
room known as the servants' room. There was an order
that he was in no way to interefere with Mrs. Lilley, but
not to lose sight of Sergeant Major Lilley except he went
into Mrs. Lilley's bedroom. On the same day
after the court martial on Paymaster Smales
had adjourned he went to Colonel Crawley's bun-
galow with regimental papers. When the colonel had
seen these, witness handed him a written copy of the orders
he had given to the sentry over Sergeant Major Lilley.
Colonel Crawley passed it back without reading it, saying,
" Do you think, Mr. Snell, that lam a lance corporal, to
write out orders for a guard ?" He had only done the duty
of an acting adjutant a few days, and he had not liked on
his own responsibility to change an order which was in
force when he entered upon that daty. lie did not know
what had become of those orders.
Upon the witness being questioned as to the substance of
the orders, Colonel Crawley objected, on the ground that
the orders might be in existence, and that secondary evi-
dence was therefore inadmissible.
After some discussion, the witness repeated that the
orders were the same, except that he was not to interfere
with Mrs. Lilley, but to keep Sergeant Major Lilley in
sight, except he went into his wife's bedroom. Witness
had some communication with Colonel Crawley next morn-
, ing upon taking the regimental papers as usual, and he
ordered witness to issue a morning order, that Lieutenant
Davies was to perform the duties of acting adjutant, and
that witness was to resume his duty. During the time I
was acting as adjutant, before the 7th, Sergeant Major and
Mrs. Lilley were in the office, or No. 2 room. On that
morning witness altered them as he had stated. Witness
remembered the sentry giving up his orders to him several
times while he was acting adjutant. Witness could not
remember the exact words of the order, but it was to the
effect that the sentry was to keep the prisoner in sight.
Colonel Crawley objected on the ground that the orders
were in writing, and should therefore be produced.

The court overruled the objection.
Examination continued—Witness was orderly officer on
or about the 10th, 16th, and 22d, when
inal
Sergeant Major
Lilley was under arrest, He did not remember the orders
on the 10th, but on the 16th and 22d they were the orig
orders that the sentry was not to lose sight of
theme p
medical
risoner,
nor to allow anyone into the bungalow excep
officer, and he had a slight recollection of one native ser-
vant being mentioned.
Colonel Craley—l beg most respectfully to repeat my
protest against w
the reception of this evidence, and upon the
same ground.
The President—The court has already decided.
Sergeant George Bernard of the 6th Drag
aloons,
examined
by Colonel Sir Alfred Horsford,
about eight years. He was I
remember being in the
always a very sober steady wan.
when I heard Lieutenant
ou Sergeant Major Cotton, and
posting the sentries.
orderly-room very early in May,
Colonel Crawley call
uottnitYteilnl Colonel Crawley the
was
placed inside the house, and that Mrs.Lilley was
epheecakrdhsimergfoeranstommae
jiorir.ecg
sentry
Colonelto have
;and
d
very sick, and that Sergeant Major Lilley was a married
man. The colonel said he did not care, an order was an
order, and he would have it obeyed. I afterwards heard
either Mr. Fitzsimons or Quartermaster Wooden say that
biro. silly was very sick, and that she was obliged The
liniment applied to her shoulder or chest.
said he did not care a d—, those were the orders
said she
perfectly sensible
would have, them carried out. he
Mrs. Cotton, the wife of Sergeant-Major Cotton,
was with Lilley when he died. He was
of;7liPvre73ltfetdt,eaathss'istant surgeon of the 6th Dragoons,
told he had attended Mrs. Lilley about
the arrest of her husband. h
consumption. After his arrestS hoe was SIX months before
suffering from
had leave to visit
her. The sentry was placed
in No. 2 room
When he knocked the sentry
him. From No. 2 the sentry opened the door for
ti
room, and also hear the eonvecrosatld see
ion.
impressed with the fact of the sentry
He tbneinog M
was rs. ey
paLinilflall'y s
whom he had known :-o long. He
Sergeant
that
Lilley,hattheplacedconsi-
dered over
position of the sentry was an annoyance to
Mr. and Mrs. Lilley,
generally consumed
on his recommendation.
who was seriously ill. Mrs. Lilley
Lilley's complaint, three or four glasses of brandy daily,
(lad h Considering the nature of Mrs.
gl extremeasaes of
brandy debility,
dailyshe
four, orfievremightwith-
have taken three,
with-
out producing any prejudicial effect. Lilley was a sober
steady man.
Lilley of - Witness never saw any appearance about
dunking either before d • •
or during his arrest.
He was allowed to ' take exercise about the 30th of April,
and towards the end of May allowed to sit in the verandah.
Witness could not say how long before his death. On
the morning of the 19th June Colonel Crawley said to
Witness as they were riding towards the parade'
ground, that Sergeant Major Lilley drank, while
under arrest, 23 bottles of brandy, aryl 12 pints
of ale, a bottle of port wine, and some gio• When
the parade was over, witness waited upon Colonel Crawle
the
y
and asked him it he wished any addition to be made to
report of the sergeant major's ,case in reference to the
quantity of liquor supplied to him during his arrest.
The colonel said no, and that he had done it, or
that he would do it in his report. That was the only con-
versation witness had with Col. Crawley about Sergeant
Major Lilley, and he (Witness) repeated the substance of
it to Dr. Turnbull. A post mortal examination showed
that death resulted from heat apoplexy.
By the official prosecutor (Col. Sir A. Horeford)---If

MARK-LANE.
IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 39s lid ;
barley, 33s Ild ; oats, 19s Ild ; rye, 29s 7d ; beaus, 35s 6d ;
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THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. -- Wheat, 40s Od;
barley, 34s Od ; oats, 18s Ild ; rye, 28$ ld ; beans, 36s Od;
peas, 34s 9d.
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 109,173 ;
barley, 109,735 ; oats, 11,279 ; rye, 118; beans, 4,129 ; peas,
2,341 quarters.