The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1863.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

11-IE. NAVY.

Mostyn ; Ensigns Townsend, J. O. Ellis, A.
F. Lambe, H. K. Gould, A.-du AL,Gunton, C. Tut-
hill, C. F. Powell, J. Gillespie; and T. R. Loithouse;
Adjt. E. J. Josselyn, Paymaster W. Thompson,
Quartermaster J. Jamieson, Surg. B. Swift, M.D.,
Assist.-Surg. H. H. Mitchell. The families of the
officers embarked comprised :—Mrs. Major Brey,
one child, and servant; Mrs. Capt, E. J. Scovell
and servant, Mrs. Lieut. Grey and servant, Mrs.
Thompson, three children, and servant; Mrs.
Swift, four children, and two eprvants ; Mrs.
Jamieson, five children, and oueilierfatit- The
non-commissioned officers and men and their
families comprised :-441 sergeant's, 19 driiin-
mers, 38 corporals, 680 privates, 82 women,
and 98 children. Major Grint, Captains
Kirk, Hogg, and Reid, and Lieut. Johnstone are
absent from the regiment on leave, pending ex-
change .and retirement. Lieut. E. W. D. Gray is
alio absent. It had been understood that the ship
would not sail before Monday morning ; but the
embarkation having been effected in such a speedy
manner, and 'the men, women, and children tetving
at once settled down comfortably into their berths,
Capt. Lacy took advantage of the strong fair wind
prevailing, it being fresh from the eastward; And
sailed at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. On arrival
at the Cape of Good Hope the 96t1iwill'disembark,
and the Himalaya, receiving anothfr regiment on
board from the Cape, will convey fl to the Mauri-
tius to relieve a regiment on Bore there, which
will be conveyed in the Himalaya follus Cape, that
vessel finally' concluding her round of service by
bringing to England a regiment from the Cape.
Col. Horne, 2d battalion, 13th Regiment, and wife
are passengers by the Himalaya, to the Mauritius.
The 61st Regiment will arrive at Portsmouth on
Thursday, and embark on board. her Majesty's
screw troopship Megwra, Commander S. H. Hen-
derson, for conveyance to the Channel Islands. The
Megmra will return to Spithead with the 2d batta-
lion of the 18th Regiment on board, which regi-
ment on arrival will be quartered temporarily in
the Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight, and will be
embarked in hired sailing
,transports at Spithead
for New Zealand about the fat proximo.

by a conditional pardon. Those who are retained
in this country will be required to undergo a longer
term of imprisonment, and hard labour upon public
works, varying, according to the terms of the origi-
nal sentence, from five.sixths to two-thirds cf such
sentence.

"'I subjoin a table showing the proportion of the
sentence to which it is proposed that in each case
the remission should be limited. It will, at the
same time, be clearly understood that the prisoner
will be liable to undergo the whole of nis sentence,
and that the proposed remission will not be granted
unless the general conduct of the prisoner while
lrnder sentence renders him a fit subject for such
indulgence.

As an illustration of the manner in which this
rule will operate, the case may be taken of a man
sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude. If removed
to a colony he will be so removed after undergoing
abOut five years of his sentence in this country,
when he may entitle himself at an early period to
the qualified liberty of a ticket of leave, and subse-
quent ly to a conditional pardon ; while if retained
in this country he will be required to undergo at
least seven years and six months, or three-fourths
of his sentence, in imprisonment with hard labour
on public walks.
" ' The case of sentences of life requires to be dealt
with separately. They will have to be considered
according to the special circumstances of each case.
Some convicts on whom a life sentence is passed
have been guilty of crimes of such an aggravated
character as to exempt them from the operation of
ordinary rules, and it may be ncesssary to retain
them under restraint during the whole of their sen-
tence. When, however, circumstances may justify
the application to /hem of the same rules which are
applied to other convicts, it is proposed that in the
event of their removal to a colony such removal shall
not take place until after they have undergone at
least eight years of imprisonment and labour upon
public works in this country; and that if not re-
moved to a colony they shall obtain no remission
until after they have undergone at least 12 years of
their sentence.