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

THE ARMY.

The detachment of non-commissioned officers and
men of the Royal Engineers selected 0 proceed to
the Australian colonies, on important service, has
received notice to hold itself in readiness to leave
head quarters, Chatham, on the 27th inst. The de-
tachment goes out under the command of Capt. E.
T. Brooke, who has been ordered to join at Bromp-
ton barracks for that purpose. In addition to other
duties connected with the survey of the Crown lands
in New Zealand, and the construction of public

works, it is intended to employ some of the most
intelligent of the non-commissioned officers and en-
gineers in the Australian Mint.
The corps of Royal Engineers is about to be aug-
mented by the formation of an additional troop of
the Royal Engineer train. The 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, Chatham, for a re-
turn to be made of the number of men enlisted below
the standard of sft. 6in,, 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-
sepent 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 2d battalion 18th Regiment (Royal Irish),
under the command of Lieut.-Col. Chapman, was
officially inspected on Saturday, at Parkhouee, 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 Black wall fleet), Commander W.
F. Owen, arrived 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.

THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON.

On Saturday a general court of this corporation
was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, it being the
anniversary of the battle of Alexandria. The Right
Hon. the Earl of Airlie, K.T., filled the chair very
ably, and was supported right and left by Captain
Forbes, R.N., Captain Jay, R.N., Captain Mac-
kenzie, Captain Conway, Captain Forbes, 78th
Highlanders ; Captain St. George, ditto; Sir Alex-
ander M'Kenzie, ditto; Ensign Thorpe, ditto,
Ensign E. M'Kenzie, Messrs. D. M'Donald, J.
Moir, H. W. Holmans, J. Daniel, George Bain,
James M'Gregor, D. U. Chambers, F.S.A., presi-
dent of the Caledonian Society, I. M. Moir, &c.
The military uniforms of the officers of the gallant
78th added much to the splendour of the scene.
Mr. Kennedy, the eminent Scottish vocalist, accom-
panied by Mr. Land, sang " Scots wha hae," and
other songs, with very great effect ; and the band
of the Caledonian asylum boys played many airs
during the evening. The pipers of the society and
the piper of the Earl of Fife played very charm-
ingly.
The large hall of the tavern, in which the dinner
was given, was decorated with the banners of the
different Scottish clans, the Royal arms 3f Scotland
occupying a prominent position over the seat of the
president.
" The Health of her Majesty" having been drunk,

The noble Chairman, in proposing the next toast,
The Prince of Wales, Duke ofi Rothesay, Lord of
the Isles, and the Princess of Wales, and the rest
of the Royal Family, said they could not have failed
to remark the great enthusiasm which marked the
progress of the Prince and Princess through Lon-
don, but similar demonstrations of loyalty were
made throughout the country, and he was happy to
say that the capital of Scotland had not been back-
ward. The castle and the city of Edinburgh had
been illuminated in honour of the nrirriage of the
Royal pair, and such a scene of brilliancy and re-
joicing bad scarcely ever been seen there before.
The toast was drunk with highland honours,
which adds much to the picturesque appearance of
the costumes, &c.

The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Army, Navy, and
Volunteers," which was drunk with enthusiasm.
Captain ST. GEORGE, who had distinguished
himself in India, briefly returned thanks on the part
of the army.

Captain FORBES, one of the survivors of the battle
of the Nile, in acknowledging the toast on behalf
of the navy, said he believed that when the services
of the navy were required again it would be found
fully equal to the renown it had hitherto acquired.
They were invited to celebrate the anniversary of
the battle of Alexandria, which occurred 62 years
ago, one of the greatest victories which graced the
annals of British warfare. When any one looked
at the hill which the English troops surmounted,
tipped as it was by bayonets, some little hesitation
on their parts might have been expected ; but the
sight of these bayonets provoked the national spirit
and greased the heels of the men, and a glorious
victory was the result. (Cheers.) He believed that
no operation which had occurred since the landing
of Sir Ralph Abercrombie and his gallant compa-
nions in arms in Egypt in 1801, could surpass that
event in heroism, or in the success by which it was
attended. That gallant officer, Sir John Doyle,
had remarked that it was in the burning sands of
Egypt that the British army broke ice. (Cheers.)
He was twenty-one when the event to which he re-
ferred occurred, and was ready to lend a hand in
any work to which he was put, and even now, if
necessity required, he was prepared to shoulder his
crutch and do duty for the interest of his country.
He firmly believed that if we were again involved
in war, the navy would prove quite as brave as it
had hitherto done. (Cheers.)
Captain MaENZIE, of the London Scottish, re-
turned thanks for the volunteers.

Mr. D. CHAMBERS proposed "The Health of the
President," which was drunk with great applause.
The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks.
The song, " The Bonny House of Airlie,” sung by
Mr. Kennedy, followed.
The CHAIRMAN then gave "The Officers of the
78th Highlanders." This was one of the most
distinguished regiments in the British army; and
though it had not an opportunity of serving in the
Crimea, it had rendered most valuable services in
the Crimea.

Captain FORBES, of the 78th, in returning thanks,
said there was nothing which a Highland soldier
more appreciated when away from the heather and
his " ain peat reek" than the expression of his
countrymen that they appreciated his services.
(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN next proposed "The Memory of
Abercrombie, and the Heroes who fell with him in
Egypt." He said that the British army had per-
formed many gallant exploits, but he knew of none
more remarkable than the landing of the brave
Abercrombie and his followers on the shores of
Egypt. There was no more difficult feat than the
landing of troops on a foreign shore, but when that
was done in the face of an enemy it became vastly
more so; but Abercrombie succeeded not only in
doing that, but in leading on his troops to victory.
Great, however, as the spirit of the British army
was at that time, he believed that it had in no re-
spect diminished, but might be safely relied upon
again in the case of war breaking out. (Cheers.)
The toast having been drunk in silence, the pipes
of the society played " A Lament," which V 78,6 very
skilfully executed, and listened to with the utmost
attention.

The CHAIRMAN proposed, in appropriate terms,
the " Survivors of the Battle of Alexandria," three
of whom were then present.

Captain JAY, R N., expressed his deep sense of
the compliment paid to him and his brothers in
arms.

As is the custom on the occasion of this national

THE TRAGEDY AT BLACKWALL.

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The appalling outbreak among the crew and
soldiers of the Peruvian corvette Arica;
has produced
an extraordinary degree of interest in the port
of London, and the most exaggerated statements as
the extent of the castastrophe arc current.
We regret to have to announce that the fearful
conflict has resulted in the loss of two more lives.
It has already been stated that two officers. Ensign.
Francis Vidal and Midshipman Guardi,, Marino,
perished during the outbreak ; cod in the course of
yesterday it was elicited that another
young gen-
tleman, named Manuel Itoderignes, about 16 years
of age, also lost his life. It nppears 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 supposed 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 desperately
wounded on the deck after the fight expired after
great suffering. He had sustained a severe wound
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 hulk on Saturday afternoon
as to his condition, so us 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
evening 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.
A court of inquiry, preliminary to bringing the
principal culprits before a court-martial, was opened
on Saturday 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 Blackwell
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 Central
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 wero
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 a 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 coat
and light trousers. His hair was black, and ho
wore a mcustache. The other young gentleman,
Manuel Itoderiques, 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.
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 become aware of the fact that lives had

been s.sorificed during the staggle until late in the
afternoon on Friday. Inspector Todinan, of the
Thames police, then at once instituted inquiries
into the circumstances of the collision, but without
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.
eluded.

A French naturalist has calculated that the num-,
ber of birds' eggs and young 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 persona
who can exercise influence will do so on behalf of
the tenants of our womis, copses, and hedgerows. Agricul•
turists especially should bestir themselves to prevent the
wanton destruction of nests and broods which take 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 microscopes
or insect-devourers generally, which the birds would.
destroy if let 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 cites
as praiseworthy the example of Cardinal bonnet, who on
all fitting occasions exerts h's eloquence in fay our of the
birds of the air.

DEATH FROM WEARING CRINOLINE.—OR Satur•
day afternoon Mr. Bedford held an inquest at St.
George's Hospital on the body of Eliza Wright, aged seven
years. James Neal, of 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 cause of the accident. The de-
ceased was taken to the hospital, where she expired on the
following day. Mr. Hope, t'm house surgeon, said ho
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. She was suffering great
pain. She never rallied, but died on the 18th inst. from
collapse, produced by the burns and the shock. The jury
returned the following verdict :—Accidentai death caused
by wearing crinoline.

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